On 12/09/2013 05:38 AM, LazTopCat wrote:

Hi y'all.. I'm a first time poster... I'm good at making neon.. but I want to animate it... say 3 to 4 lines that flash alternatley.... or one line that looks like the neon is fizzing out... can anyone help me here? Laz

You need to create several layers with the various parts on or off (and a couple partly lit for the line where the neon doesn't work right), and set a timing to them (add "(xxx ms)" to the layer name to set the timing for that frame) and export to GIF (as an animation).

On 13-12-08 11:38 PM, LazTopCat wrote:

Hi y'all.. I'm a first time poster... I'm good at making neon.. but I want to animate it... say 3 to 4 lines that flash alternatley.... or one line that looks like the neon is fizzing out... can anyone help me here?

There is a Script-Fu script called neon-logo.scm in GIMP that allowed the creation of images that looked like they were made out of glowing neon. It generated multiple layers so it was easy to turn on/off layers to create the on and off images that could be layered to make an animation.

Around half of the Script-Fu scripts that used to be in GIMP have been removed as of the current git master version including the neon effect. For the next release of GIMP you will have to track down a copy of the script if you want to continue using it.

Cheers!

Kevin.

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On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:33:58 -0500 Kevin Cozens wrote:

Around half of the Script-Fu scripts that used to be in GIMP have been removed as of the current git master version including the neon effect. For the next release of GIMP you will have to track down a copy of the script if you want to continue using it.

What's the reason for their removal?

- Richard.

Richard Kimber

On 13-12-10 03:36 PM, R Kimber wrote:

Kevin Cozens wrote:

Around half of the Script-Fu scripts that used to be in GIMP have been removed as of the current git master version including the neon effect.

What's the reason for their removal?

I don't know other than there was talk of cleaning up some of the "cluttered" menus. IIRC, some Script-Fu scripts were removed as they were not for effects not useful to many people. I agree that some effects would not get used that often but the neon light script is one that I would think is more likely to get used than some of the other ones that were removed. I just hope that the person removing the scripts made sure that the ones removed are available in the registry so anyone still wanting, or needing to use, the removed scripts can still get them.

Cheers!

Kevin.

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Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172      | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're
                                 | powerful!"
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On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 01:57 -0500, Kevin Cozens wrote:

I
just hope that the person removing the scripts made sure that the ones removed are available in the registry so anyone still wanting, or needing to use, the removed scripts can still get them.

Presumably they're all still available via git, too.

It would be awesome if there was enthusiasm and energy enough to release an "official" gimp filter pack with as many of the old filters as made sense, and any others that are obvious candidates.

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On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 02:46:31 -0500 Liam R E Quin wrote:

It would be awesome if there was enthusiasm and energy enough to release an "official" gimp filter pack with as many of the old filters as made sense, and any others that are obvious candidates.

Indeed. It would be even more awesome if there was a facility to run Adobe-style filters. IIRC there used to be a 32bit program that allowed that.

- Richard.

Richard Kimber

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Liam R E Quin wrote:

It would be awesome if there was enthusiasm and energy enough to release an "official" gimp filter pack with as many of the old filters as made sense, and any others that are obvious candidates.

This is 'unofficial' and contains a few that I usually compile/install after setting up a new OS:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp-plugin-registry

Chris