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 Post subject: maybe i am an idiot and this is a stupid question
PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 12:55 pm  (#1) 
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ok long time photoshop user complete gimp noob. so I am a 3d artist and I wanted to make normals and other maps in gimp. I downloaded the plugin for normals then put it in properly and now my filters dropdown doesn't show anything except to reset filters. what am I doing wrong? also, how do you save things in jpg or png?
thank you so much for your future help!


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 Post subject: Re: maybe i am an idiot and this is a stupid question
PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:09 pm  (#2) 
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You are missing all the default filters for sure. Not sure where you downloaded your version of GIMP.

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 Post subject: Re: maybe i am an idiot and this is a stupid question
PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:36 pm  (#3) 
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That's very curious looking.
I've never seen this before.

As lylejk has mentioned,
Where did you download Gimp and what version?

Also,
this could be a User Profile issue.

Most of the time,
if you create a new Gimp User Profile.
This can correct many issues within Gimp's interface.

You can create a new Gimp User Profile,
by renaming the current profile.

For example,
if I were to rename my current profile.
I would rename it something like,
.gimp-2.8_old.

Once you rename your current user profile.
Start Gimp and it will create a new Gimp User Profile.

You can then see if this behavior continues with the newly created profile.
If it doesn't,
then it was something within the Old profile,
which was causing the issue.

Begin to move your resources back,
a little at a time.
From the Old profile,
into the New profile.
Restart Gimp,
after each resource move.
To see if the behavior reappears.

By moving the Old resources back into the newly created Gimp User Profile,
in small batches.
You begin the process of elimination.
To determine what was causing the issue.

If this was a very new Gimp User Profile,
with little to no resources added.
You can start fresh,
using this newly created profile.

If not,
you may need to use the,
"process of elimination",
described above.

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 Post subject: Re: maybe i am an idiot and this is a stupid question
PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:02 pm  (#4) 
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...I downloaded the plugin for normals then put it in properly...


I think a pertinent question is, exactly what did you do here? What is properly?

Best guess, deleted or changed the reference path to the system plugins folder in Edit -> Preferences -> Folders -> Plug-ins.

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The fix, click the reset button.

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...how do you save things in jpg or png?..


You only Save in Gimp native format .xcf etc Everything else you Export

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 Post subject: Re: maybe i am an idiot and this is a stupid question
PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:51 pm  (#5) 
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thanks for all the advice guys! rich you were right i had to reset my plugins path thanks so much!


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