Installing GIMP Scripts

First you have to decide if you are going to make this script available for all users as a Global script or just a single user as a local script. If you don't have access to create files in the Global location then you can only install them as a local script.

Microsoft Windows and Linux use different file system structures so they require you to save the files in completely different locations. The default file locations are as follows:

Windows

• User: Download the file to C:\Documents and settings\\.gimp-2.2\scripts
• Global: Download the file to C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\scripts

Linux

• User:Download the file to ~/.gimp-2.2/scripts
• Global:Download the file to /usr/share/gimp/2.0/scripts

Where did the script go?

Often you have just installed the script and now you can't find it. There are several reasons for this and I will explain how to find the new script.

First, when GIMP starts it reads both the Global and user script locations. So if you have added the script while The GIMP was running you will not see it, yet. One solution is to close GIMP and re-open it allowing it to read and add the new script. Another is to manually tell GIMP to read the script locations while it is still running. To do this just go / Xtns / Script-Fu / Refresh scripts

Ok, GIMP has read the script where do I find it?

GIMP scripts can be placed by the author anywhere they want. The two main locations are in the main GIMP window or in the menus in the Image window.

As a general rule scripts that alter the image are placed on the image menus and ones that create a new image from scratch are placed in the menus on the main GIMP window.

How to turn a jpeg image into a sketch in Gimp

1. Start gimp on your computer and load the jpeg image you'd like to work with into the gimp.
2. Go to colors; then desaturate-average.
3. Go to filter and select edge.
4. Now, got to colors and select invert.
5. You now have a sketch of your photo. Now go to colors, then levels and play with the values until you are satisfied with the intensity of the sketch.
6. Save your image and your done!

Red Eye Removal using Gimp

See an example of red eyed picture over here::

Launch GIMP and then open your photo. Select the rectangle tool.

Draw a rectangle around the red eyes.

Now select Filters -> Enhance -> Red Eye Removal…

The Red Eye Removal tool will pop up. Use the Threshold scroll bar to adjust the eye color as you see fit. Click OK when you’re done.

The changes will be applied to your photo.

Use the Zoom feature if you need to remove red eyes from someone who also has red hair (or a wig


) that’s getting in the way. You can even select one eye at a time.


And the finished product –