Writing Plugins for GIMP in Python
Creating a Script
Akkana Peck
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 11:23:20 PM
Have you ever wished you could automate a few functions in GIMP?
Today's article will show you how to use Python to write simple
GIMP plug-ins.
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If you have gimp installed via your Linux distro,
GIMP-Python is probably already included.
To make sure, look for a Filters->Python-Fu menu.
If you built your own GIMP and don't have the Python-fu, it may
be that you didn't have python-gtk2 or python-gtk2-dev installed
when you built it. Install them and re-run configure and
you should be able to rebuild gimp with Python support. (In Ubuntu, you should have Xtns -> Python Fu-- ed.)
GIMP-Python scripts live under your home directory, in
.gimp-2.6/plug-ins/. If you're using a different
GIMP version, like 2.4 or 2.7, change the name appropriately.
So edit a file there -- for example,
$HOME/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins/pytest -- and start with the
following headers:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from gimpfu import *
The "shebang" line tells Linux this is a Python script, and the
second line tells Python that you'll be using the "gimpfu" library.
One more step: your file needs to be executable. So run
chmod 755 $HOME/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins/pytest
or, if you prefer, use your file manager to make it executable.
Now you have a runnable GIMP-Python script.
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