Gimp 2.8 Single Window!

[Georgetoon]

A big thanks to the entire PCLOS crew for bringing us Gimp 2.8!  Lots of new features, but the biggest is single window mode.  Slick!:)  Yeah, sure, you have to "Export" instead of "Save As" in order to save in non-Gimp formats. No sweat.

[Archie]

Akkana Peck wrote a python plugin that would just overwrite the open image to the filename and format they were opened with.

https://raw.github.com/akkana/gimp-plugins/master/save-export-clean.py

Visit the above link. Save the page as save-export-clean.py to you ~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/ and make it executable.

Next time you open an image on GIMP, all you need is File > Save/Export clean. No nonsense native format, no reminders there are unsaved images, etc. Straight-forward one-click save.

[T6]

yes, it is nice to have everything on one window and you can minimize sections when you don't need it

about export or save, it is a bit annoying, any plans on integrating that into gimp on our normal installs or better just add it the way you mention?

i'm having some problems with gimp in my netbook, screen size, it refuses to stay maximized properly, sometimes i can't see the lower section of the window

what can i do to force it to work at 1024x600?

[Georgetoon]

Akkana Peck wrote a python plugin that would just overwrite the open image to the filename and format they were opened with.

https://raw.github.com/akkana/gimp-plugins/master/save-export-clean.py

Visit the above link. Save the page as save-export-clean.py to you ~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/ and make it executable.

Next time you open an image on GIMP, all you need is File > Save/Export clean. No nonsense native format, no reminders there are unsaved images, etc. Straight-forward one-click save.

Thank you Archie!:)

[Agent Smith]

I am getting weird errors with native filters.
Not with all of them, but with the majority.
The error is as follows (filter drop shadow): Plug-In 'dropshadow' left image undo in inconsistent state, closing open undo groups.
And then, in another message box: Error executing script-fu-drop-shadow:

Error: Invalid type for argument 3 to gimp-image-select-item

Any ideas

Thanks in advance.

[Georgetoon]

I am getting weird errors with native filters.
Not with all of them, but with the majority.
The error is as follows (filter drop shadow): Plug-In 'dropshadow' left image undo in inconsistent state, closing open undo groups.
And then, in another message box: Error executing script-fu-drop-shadow:

Error: Invalid type for argument 3 to gimp-image-select-item

Any ideas

Thanks in advance.

I just ran the dropshadow filter with no errors.  Is the image you are using RGB or is it one bit?  One bit may be hanging the filter.  Just a guess.

[Archie]

I should also point out that ~/.gimp-2.6 can be safely deleted because its contents are a duplication of what's already on ~/.gimp-2.8/ ........ unless you have installed something else manually, adding the scripts to either the scripts/ and/or plug-ins/ sub-folders on ~/.gimp-2.6.

[rich2005]

[q]Save-export-clean.. all you need is File > Save/Export clean. No nonsense native format, no reminders there are unsaved images, etc. Straight-forward one-click save.[/q]

Should be called "one-click-lose-your-file". Be very careful with this one, even Akkana Peck says there are no warnings, it will overwrite your existing file. Apart from circumventing the 'you have not saved your file (as .xcf) message, there is already a menu entry for 'overwrite' just above 'export' which does the same thing.
If you look at the gimpusers mailing list and see the controversy 'save' vs 'export' has created, I think some people have too much time on their hands.

I will draw a parallel, To save to flac or mp3 in Audacity you have to 'export'. Can't remember anyone complaining about that.

[Archie]

[q]Save-export-clean.. all you need is File > Save/Export clean. No nonsense native format, no reminders there are unsaved images, etc. Straight-forward one-click save.[/q]

Should be called "one-click-lose-your-file". Be very careful with this one, even Akkana Peck says there are no warnings, it will overwrite your existing file. Apart from circumventing the 'you have not saved your file (as .xcf) message, there is already a menu entry for 'overwrite' just above 'export' which does the same thing.
If you look at the gimpusers mailing list and see the controversy 'save' vs 'export' has created, I think some people have too much time on their hands.

I will draw a parallel, To save to flac or mp3 in Audacity you have to 'export'. Can't remember anyone complaining about that.

That's payback to those ungrateful haters at the ML. The devs have made it clear that Save will be for native format and Export will be for whatever format a user wants to export to. I can't see the mechanization of people who develop an instinctive habit and fails to "reprogram" themselves.

I've had many a deals on previous GIMP versions when I lost layers and took me hours to replicate the work. GIMP 2.8 takes care of the workflow ... and I'm already used to Ctrl+Shift+E and Ctrl+S. It ain't hard.

[Agent Smith]

I just ran the dropshadow filter with no errors.  Is the image you are using RGB or is it one bit?  One bit may be hanging the filter.  Just a guess.

Oh, folks, now I ran the Obama Hope script and it gives me this error message: Error running elsamuko-obama-hope:

Error: Invalid type for argument 1 to gimp-drawable-get-image

What am I doing wrong ? Or, was there something to do, regarding the update from 2.6 to 2.8 ?

Regards,


Edit: Gimp 2.8 is giving me the same errors that I mentioned before, now I've tried to use the Alpha Logo generator, with a text layer and ended in error and no success. Still no clue on what to do...

[Archie]

There's nothing wrong with the script. I just checked it. Just make sure you copy the script to your ~/.gimp-2.8/scripts/ and if the folder doesn't exist, mkdir it.

Downloading the script:


Checking where the script will register: Filter > Artistic >


Playing with an image in GIMP:


Just the defaults for now:


It works!

[gseaman]

I just don't know how to comment on this script without breaking the 'no politics' rule, so I'll be quiet now.

Galen

[Agent Smith]

Hi dear friends,

Well, it is working very well with me.

What I did: I removed Gimp 2.8 and all the related plugins and deleted the sub folders gimp2.8 and gimp 2.6
Then I re-installed Gimp 2.8 and the plugins I use with it.
Everything (and I mean everything) started to work fine afterwards.

Well, thank you all that commented on this topic,

Best regards,

[Agent Smith]

Err, hummm, oh, well, I don't want to sound whiny, but, I've just tried to open an SVG file on Gimp 2.8, and it gives me an error: Gimp could not open file.svg: unknown file type.

Is it right ? I mean, SVG compatibility was dropped in the new Gimp ? 

Sincerely,

[T6]

svg can be edited in gimp?  didn't knew that, i always used inkscape for this vector file