David Tschumperle wrote:
Hi everyone,
I would like to make a short announcement here.

We have released a new plug-in for GIMP, named G'MIC which may be interesting
for some users (at least, it is what we hope).

Here is the URL : http://gmic.sourceforge.net/gimp.shtml

This plug-in proposes a list of various effects that can be applied on
images, including artistic filters, image denoising and enhancements, 3D
rendering effects, and so on...

The main property of this plug-in is that it contains an interpreter of image
processing macros, and all the available filters are written in fact in a very
short form (usually in three of four lines of code), using a simple
macro-based language (the "G'MIC" language). Consequently, any user can add
his own filter definitions in the plug-in (written in "G'MIC" in a simple text
file). The plug-in is also capable of updating itself, without reinstallation
needed (it just download a G'MIC updated macro file and put it in your home
directory).

So, this is a plug-in that is a little bit special since it is clearly
intended to be open and extensible without having deep knowledges in C,
script-fu or Python programming languages. Here is an example of how the current filters are defined, as a G'MIC macro
file :

http://gmic.sourceforge.net/.gmic4gimp_def

Well, that's it. I hope this will interest you in some way.

Regards,

David.

D.Jones (aka) Capnhud (capnhud@yahoo.com) wrote (in part) (on 2009-01-21 at 07:07):

http://gmic.sourceforge.net/.gmic4gimp_def

In order to use this on Gimp Windows do you put all of the included files in the plugin directory?

Basically yes. I've put it in a sub-folder of Plug-ins and then added that folder as a separate entry in
Preferences-Folders-Plugins since with four items with "nondescript" names I want to be able to figure which bits belong to which plugins.

so on my system: D:\Data Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\plug-ins\gmic

fwiw: in D:\Data Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\ I have parallel folder structure to what would normally be in: C:\Documents and Settings\Alec\.gimp-2.6\{brushes etc} or ... these folders exist but I keep empty.
D:\Program Files\GIMP-2.6\share\gimp\2.0\{brushes etc} I *never* put anything here.

YMMV :-)

Question ... does anyone else do it like this or am I just being anal?

Basically yes. I've put it in a sub-folder of Plug-ins and then added that folder as a separate entry in
Preferences-Folders-Plugins since with four items with "nondescript" names I want to be able to figure which bits belong to which plugins.

Question ... does anyone else do it like this or am I just being anal?

I am doing as you, help when upgrading ,not also gimp but also the some plugin,and to keep in order and avoid orphan dll floating around.

But i use dedicated folder only for "non standard" plugin (as that with dll's), the others i have just sorted for categories (i.e distort,enhance, color,)a folder for each category

D.Jones (aka) Capnhud (capnhud@yahoo.com) wrote (in part)

(on
2009-01-21 at 07:07):

http://gmic.sourceforge.net/.gmic4gimp_def

In order to use this on Gimp Windows do you put all

of the included

files in the plugin directory?

Basically yes. I've put it in a sub-folder of Plug-ins

and then added
that folder as a separate entry in
Preferences-Folders-Plugins since with four items with "nondescript"
names I want to be able to figure which bits belong to which plugins.

so on my system: D:\Data
Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\plug-ins\gmic

fwiw: in D:\Data Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\ I have parallel folder
structure to what would normally be in: C:\Documents and
Settings\Alec\.gimp-2.6\{brushes etc} or ... these
folders exist but I keep empty.
D:\Program
Files\GIMP-2.6\share\gimp\2.0\{brushes etc} I *never* put
anything here.

YMMV :-)

Question ... does anyone else do it like this or am I just being anal?

BTW
a new version was just released with a improved , more friendly interface and a resizable preview

(resizable as usual, by resizing all the plugin interface dragging the lower and right edges )

Hi David,

Thanx for the great plug-in. Unfortunately I do not get it to work. I work with Gimp 2.2.13. The gmic4gimp is now in the gimp plug-ins directory, but I stil do not see the new filters.
Help!

Marysia

I use it on 2.6.5 with few problems and get some great effects. Why do you not update your Gimp version ? Do you have a bandwidth limitation ? I installed in C:Program Files\Gimp-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins using WindowsXP.

Thomas J. Hart

From: Marysia P. 
To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 5:47:09 AM
Subject: [Gimp-user] Plug-in G'MIC for GIMP

Hi David,

Thanx for the great plug-in. Unfortunately I do not get it to work. I work
with Gimp 2.2.13. The gmic4gimp is now in the gimp plug-ins directory, but I
stil do not see the new filters.
Help!

Marysia

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Marysia P. wrote:

Hi David,

Thanx for the great plug-in. Unfortunately I do not get it to work. I work with Gimp 2.2.13. The gmic4gimp is now in the gimp plug-ins directory, but I

"I work with Gimp 2.2.13".
This is your problem, you are using a very old version of GIMP. 2.6 is the currently supported stable version. G'MIC may also work on 2.4 (I haven't tried it). It certainly will not work with a version as old as 2.2. Consider upgrading.

David G.