/Gimp_Align_Tool_Filter

A new align tool for Gimp - GEGL does an allignment instead of Gimp's default align tool.

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Align Image (Gimp Plugin)

This filter is an allignment tool as a GEGL filter. 0.0 is left, 0.5 is center, and 1.0 is right. This filter has a bug where it will not work proper unless if used with the "clip" blend mode. Sometimes you have to flip the setting from adjust to clip to remove the glitch in the middle of a session after already doing it. I don't know why this glitch happens.

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Download procompiled binaries here

https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/Gimp_Align_Tool_Filter/releases/tag/Align_Images_Gimp_Plugin

Location to put binaries

Windows

C:\Users(USERNAME)\AppData\Local\gegl-0.4\plug-ins

Linux

/home/(USERNAME)/.local/share/gegl-0.4/plug-ins

Linux (Flatpak includes Chromebook)

/home/(USERNAME)/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/data/gegl-0.4/plug-ins

then restart Gimp and go to GEGL Operation and look for "Align" in the drop down list. If you use Gimp 2.99.16+ you will see this filter in the Tools Menu

Compiling and Installing

Linux

To compile and install you will need the GEGL header files (libgegl-dev on Debian based distributions or gegl on Arch Linux) and meson (meson on most distributions).

meson setup --buildtype=release build
ninja -C build

Windows

The easiest way to compile this project on Windows is by using msys2. Download and install it from here: https://www.msys2.org/

Open a msys2 terminal with C:\msys64\mingw64.exe. Run the following to install required build dependencies:

pacman --noconfirm -S base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-meson mingw-w64-x86_64-gegl

Then build the same way you would on Linux:

meson setup --buildtype=release build
ninja -C build

for technical Gimp users reading this.

PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A GEGL FILTER AND KNOW THE META

I have been writing GEGL syntax in Gimp for almost two and a half years and making GEGL plugins for Gimp for almost one and a half years. No one else on planet Earth is doing this stuff. As I lose interest in Libregraphics I'd appreciate if others made GEGL plugins via arranging GEGL nodes like I do. I am personally upset that some users on Gimp Chat are more interested in scripting GEGL with python then using GEGL directly (like I do). They won't be able to take advantage of GEGL composers, and that is a huge deal breaker - as that is what makes GEGL far more powerful then traditional alpha to logo and script fu stuff. There is also a current issue python to GEGL tech is having where python calling GEGL can only use (gegl:) name space operations and not (svg: gimp: or lb:) name space ones. lb: is my name space btw. and without gimp: name spaces GEGL cannot use Gimp only blend modes. So please be informed about python to GEGL tech and consider making GEGL plugins my way until python gets better. My way of making GEGL plugins will be non-destructive in Gimp 3.2.