BIMP is a plug-in developed by Alessandro Francesconi who is not a direct part of the GIMP team to my knowledge. There is already a ticket posted on BIMP’s official Github repository about the incompatibility (https://github.com/alessandrofrancesconi/gimp-plugin-bimp/issues/171) and Alessandro is currently working on getting it updated (https://github.com/alessandrofrancesconi/gimp-plugin-bimp/issues/165#issuecomment-386209784).

As for if BIMP should be included in GIMP, it sort of already is. GIMP has built in batch editing through the command line, see here (https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Batch/).

- Kasim Ahmić

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On May 2, 2018, at 2:29 PM, Davide Perini wrote:

Hi all, BIMP does not work with Gimp 2.10 and it is not possible to do a batch resize of images.

This is pretty unacceptable in 2018 from a program of such a great quality.

Is there someone working on this feature? Isn't it time to include this feature in the official gimp without the needs of extensions or plugins?

Thanks, Davide
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On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 9:29 PM, Davide Perini wrote:

Hi all,
BIMP does not work with Gimp 2.10 and it is not possible to do a batch resize of images.

This is pretty unacceptable in 2018 from a program of such a great quality.

Is it so unacceptable that you are volunteering to implement non-destructive editing followed by GEGL-based action recording? Say 'yes'! :)

Alex

Is it so unacceptable that you are volunteering to implement

non-destructive editing followed by GEGL-based action recording.

That's quiet interesting idea! If my knowledge is correct, GEGL operations could be represented like nodes of some graph, where the graph could serve as a recorded macro (I am imagining that some filters are also those kinds of macros). There is somewhere discussion about GEGL node editor in mailing list history.

I used batch mode (David's Batch Processor) from within Gimp 2.8 and below often as I send large numbers of photos to relatives to keep them updated on family matters. I have also used BIMP (and tried to recompile it for Gimp 2.10 under Ubuntu 18.04, but so far can not get it to compile).

I miss having some sort of batch mode, inbuilt into gimp. Writing scripts to run from a terminal as has been suggested is too difficult for an unsophisticated user such as myself. The way I use DBP or Bimp is non-destructive as I write the files out with a different name.

BIMP is a plug-in developed by Alessandro Francesconi who is not a direct part of the GIMP team to my knowledge. There is already a ticket posted on BIMP’s official Github repository about the incompatibility
(https://github.com/alessandrofrancesconi/gimp-plugin-bimp/issues/171) and Alessandro is currently working on getting it updated (https://github.com/alessandrofrancesconi/gimp-plugin-bimp/issues/165#issuecomment-386209784).

As for if BIMP should be included in GIMP, it sort of already is. GIMP has built in batch editing through the command line, see here (https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Batch/).

- Kasim Ahmić

Sent from my iPhone

Hi all,
BIMP does not work with Gimp 2.10 and it is not possible to do a batch resize of images.

This is pretty unacceptable in 2018 from a program of such a great quality.

Is there someone working on this feature? Isn't it time to include this feature in the official gimp without the needs of extensions or plugins?

Thanks, Davide

Completely agree! Gimp is horrible regarding batch-functionality! I try around since hours...still without success.

GIMP has built in batch editing through the command line, see here (https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Batch/).

- Kasim Ahmić

@Kasim: commandline and Script-FU and all that stuff is so 1990....we have 2019.

I used batch mode (David's Batch Processor) from within Gimp 2.8 and below often as I send large numbers of photos to relatives to keep them updated on family matters. I have also used BIMP (and tried to recompile it for Gimp 2.10 under Ubuntu 18.04, but so far can not get it to compile).

Unable to compile BIMP2 for Gimp 2.10.x? It throws up lots of warnings but no errors. Possible reasons:

A mix of non-compatible dependencies.

Using the Gimp flatpak (or snap) This version is 'sandboxed' and installed dev packages are not seen.

A quick demo (using ubuntu 18.10) might give a clue where the compile fails on your installation.

https://youtu.be/XlPKUX62JcA duration 4 minutes

Attached the BIMP2 binary from that. This does work in a (k)ubuntu 18.04 Worth a try.

However, the previous BIMP 1.18 still works with Gimp 2.10.x

I miss having some sort of batch mode, inbuilt into gimp. Writing scripts to run from a terminal as has been suggested is too difficult for an unsophisticated user such as myself. The way I use DBP or Bimp is non-destructive as I write the files out with a different name.

I agree about scripting, Scheme or Python, equally akin to Sanskrit for the average Gimp user.

On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 2:44 PM Micha1982 wrote:

Hi all,
BIMP does not work with Gimp 2.10 and it is not possible to do a batch resize of images.

https://github.com/alessandrofrancesconi/gimp-plugin-bimp/releases/tag/v2.0

"BIMP codebase has been updated to be natively compatible with GIMP 2.10, while it does not work anymore with GIMP

Alex

https://github.com/alessandrofrancesconi/gimp-plugin-bimp/releases/tag/v2.0

"BIMP codebase has been updated to be natively compatible with GIMP 2.10, while it does not work anymore with GIMP

Alex

Thanks very much :) I have been using it happily :):)

On 2019-01-08 2:23 a.m., Micha1982 wrote:

BIMP does not work with Gimp 2.10 and it is not possible to do a batch resize of images.

If all that is required is to do a batch resize you can do that with the convert program that is part of the ImageMagick set of programs.

Cheers!

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If all that is required is to do a batch resize you can do that with the
convert program that is part of the ImageMagick set of programs.

Thanks very much:) I do know that but I often do other minor manipulations as well.

On 1/8/19 8:23 AM, Micha1982 wrote:

Hi all,
BIMP does not work with Gimp 2.10 and it is not possible to do a batch resize of images.

This is pretty unacceptable in 2018 from a program of such a great quality.

Is there someone working on this feature? Isn't it time to include this feature in the official gimp without the needs of extensions or plugins?

Thanks, Davide

Completely agree! Gimp is horrible regarding batch-functionality! I try around since hours...still without success.

GIMP has built in batch editing through the command line, see here (https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Batch/).

- Kasim Ahmić

@Kasim: commandline and Script-FU and all that stuff is so 1990....we have 2019.

I have been writing code since the 1970's. I've seen numerous attempts to replace code written in a text editor by code generated by clicking in graphical interfaces, possibly under the assumption that this could be used by non-programmers and therefore get rid of that costly programmers clique. These attempts all fell in two categories, those that utterly failed and those that ended up used only by programmers.

Programming isn't writing code. Programming is finding the point of view that makes things simple (at least, as simple as possible). Programming is knowing how to sense problems and code around them. Programming is knowing how to debug your creation, because it rarely works on the first try.

This is 2019. A couple of months ago, I was helping teenage kids "program" Lego Mindstorm robots in a science fair. It's all graphical, you connect little boxes to start motors, react to sensor events, etc... All kids started a program and when the robot crashed and burned they couldn't imagine what to try to figure out what the problem was. I had to tell them. These kids were intelligent, once I gave them a few hints they could move forward, but they couldn't come up all by themselves with the right way to do it.

Back to Gimp & Bimp. If I give you a GUI where you can do more than the really trivial stuff which is best done with ImageMagick, you won't be able to use it efficiently without acquiring a programmer's mindset. And once you have done so you discover that you can learn Python in a couple of hours, and that you are more efficient with it than with a GUI.

As we were saying in the 80s: "Command-line stuff. This is so 1950..."

PS: The tutorial referred to by Kasim dates back to Gimp 2.4... so it's at least 10 years old...

I have been writing code since the 1970's. I've seen numerous attempts to replace code written in a text editor by code generated by clicking in graphical interfaces, possibly under the assumption that this could be used by non-programmers and therefore get rid of that costly programmers clique. These attempts all fell in two categories, those that utterly failed and those that ended up used only by programmers.

Programming isn't writing code. Programming is finding the point of view
that makes things simple (at least, as simple as possible). Programming
is knowing how to sense problems and code around them. Programming is knowing how to debug your creation, because it rarely works on the first
try.

This is 2019. A couple of months ago, I was helping teenage kids "program" Lego Mindstorm robots in a science fair. It's all graphical, you connect little boxes to start motors, react to sensor events, etc...
All kids started a program and when the robot crashed and burned they couldn't imagine what to try to figure out what the problem was. I had to tell them. These kids were intelligent, once I gave them a few hints
they could move forward, but they couldn't come up all by themselves with the right way to do it.

Back to Gimp & Bimp. If I give you a GUI where you can do more than the
really trivial stuff which is best done with ImageMagick, you won't be able to use it efficiently without acquiring a programmer's mindset. And
once you have done so you discover that you can learn Python in a couple
of hours, and that you are more efficient with it than with a GUI.

As we were saying in the 80s: "Command-line stuff. This is so 1950..."

PS: The tutorial referred to by Kasim dates back to Gimp 2.4... so it's
at least 10 years old...

I am sure that after programming since the 70's you would have no trouble at all doing what you say. The same can not be said for anyone else just trying to use some sort of programming to do some repetitive tasks within GIMP, especially if they have had no relevant programming experience.. The only programming language I have had extensive experience with is fortran but have not used that in 10 years or so. Fortran programming does not easily translate into python programming. I used to use David's Batch program for Gimp extensively in the past and BIMP less often but am currently exploring what is possible there. I have used ImageMagick in the past but never seem to be able to get the same quality results with it that I can via GIMP. I do a lot of photography now, mostly pro bono, which includes events where often a large number of photos might need something like the white balance changed ( a big problem when there are continuously changing light colours) or the photos output with some particular styling. You may be able to do all of this with ImageMagick, I have tried and failed. Simple as that. If there is a future for linux and programs like GIMP then user experience and interface has some relevance. Do you ever use a spread sheet without macro capabilty?? Or run a separate program to do that sort of job for you??

Years ago I did help kids with "turtle graphics" (might not remember the name correctly) so I can guess the sort of problems the kids your were helping encountered. I have also used laboratory software which was supposed to help in coding interfaces and which was exceptionally clunky and hard to diagnose problems from within, so I can understand your point of view. But it does not lead to cutting out any sort of repetitive jobs being able to be done in GIMP.

I have been writing code since the 1970's. I've seen numerous attempts to replace code written in a text editor by code generated by clicking in graphical interfaces, possibly under the assumption that this could be used by non-programmers and therefore get rid of that costly programmers clique. These attempts all fell in two categories, those that utterly failed and those that ended up used only by programmers.

Programming isn't writing code. Programming is finding the point of view
that makes things simple (at least, as simple as possible). Programming
is knowing how to sense problems and code around them. Programming is knowing how to debug your creation, because it rarely works on the first
try.

This is 2019. A couple of months ago, I was helping teenage kids "program" Lego Mindstorm robots in a science fair. It's all graphical, you connect little boxes to start motors, react to sensor events, etc...
All kids started a program and when the robot crashed and burned they couldn't imagine what to try to figure out what the problem was. I had to tell them. These kids were intelligent, once I gave them a few hints
they could move forward, but they couldn't come up all by themselves with the right way to do it.

Back to Gimp & Bimp. If I give you a GUI where you can do more than the
really trivial stuff which is best done with ImageMagick, you won't be able to use it efficiently without acquiring a programmer's mindset. And
once you have done so you discover that you can learn Python in a couple
of hours, and that you are more efficient with it than with a GUI.

As we were saying in the 80s: "Command-line stuff. This is so 1950..."

PS: The tutorial referred to by Kasim dates back to Gimp 2.4... so it's
at least 10 years old...

abrogard (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)

Hi all,
BIMP does not work with Gimp 2.10 and it is not possible to do a batch resize of images.

This is pretty unacceptable in 2018 from a program of such a great quality.

Is there someone working on this feature? Isn't it time to include this feature in the official gimp without the needs of extensions or plugins?

Thanks, Davide

Hello. What does work with Gimp 2.8 ? I just tried David's plug in. It doesn't show up in filters. I guess it doesn't work.

I just (currently) want to crop a large number of pics. If there's no gimp batch is there a third party thing, an alternative graphics prog or something?

Just posted a blank reply to the thread. Sorry. First time user. didn't know what I was doing.

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BIMP does not work with Gimp 2.10 and it is not possible to do a batch resize of images.

This is pretty unacceptable in 2018 from a program of such a great quality.

Hello,

I'm not sure why an obsolete thread from 2018 is being brought back to life, but just to point out: BIMP 2.0 was released in Nov 2018 with GIMP 2.10 support, there have been two updates since then.

Alex

Hello. What does work with Gimp 2.8 ? I just tried David's plug in. It
doesn't show up in filters. I guess it doesn't work.

I just (currently) want to crop a large number of pics. If there's no gimp
batch is there a third party thing, an alternative graphics prog or something?

Just posted a blank reply to the thread. Sorry. First time user. didn't know
what I was doing.

What operating system are you using?

DBP is ancient but should work with Gimp 2.8. There is a BIMP 1.8 version (for Windows) from the BIMP site that works with Gimp 2.8

If using linux then you need to compile it yourself (or I can give a link to a linux version, maybe)

Alternatives: XnViewMP A version for various Win/Linux/OSX here:

https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=39812

rich404 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)

A bit more

The name rang a bell from gimpchat.com

Really do need more information. Seems you are using Windows but is it 32 bit or 64bit? (Win 7 or 10 or something else?)

You can get DBP working Gimp 2.8 / Windows (64 bit) with a few extra files see: screenshot 1 but really not advisable. DBP is not wonderful.

For Gimp 2.8 get the BIMP 1.18 installer. Works with both 32 and 64 bit Windows installations.

https://github.com/alessandrofrancesconi/gimp-plugin-bimp/releases/download/v1.18/gimp-plugin-bimp_win32.exe

Plenty examples on the BIMP website looks like - screenshot 2

Attachments: * https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1330/original/screenshot-1.jpg * https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1331/original/screenshot-2.jpg

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