I have the best gradient maker I have ever used over in windows. I don't think I can get it in Fedora but if anyone can identify this language, (I think it is Dutch) I would like to look it up. This is the home page of what the screen looks like when it comes up. You just use a photo or any kind of image, your cursor turns into the gradient tool and you run the cursor over the parts you want for a gradient and it turns into an instant ggr. Below in attachments is one I made in a hurry with one of my cat pictures.

Maybe some one can find this if they are interested, I would like to see if it is available in
Fedora. I just used the translate but it doesn't give me the name of the app.

I wish it was available for Linux.
Yes Saul, I knew that but I was wondering why I couldn't find it anywhere in my program files in Windows.
It is there on the desktop but no where to be found in the control panel. Anyway, it sure works well. Below is where I made a gradient of some flowers, shows the gradient tool where I selected and the gradient it made above.

Doesn't the Sample Gradient Along Path script do the exact same thing? It's easy to use.

From a picture of my Azaleas.

I will try it. thanks... very nice azaleas BTW

i installed the program

its more complex than what RobA's script does
you can edit the sampled gradients very easily
which looks promising

i dont know if sampling a gradient from an image is really that useful

would it be possible to get rid of the polish stuff and make it english only ?
i find the language quite distracting

I don't know if you can change the language or not. That is what I was wanting to know. Anyway, I find this very useful and easy.

i know, question wasnt directed at you

Now sure why you would think that but I got this result using a gradient sampled from the image of of my Azaleas. The possibilities are endless for interesting gradients.

because its all random

i agree, sampling a gradient from an image is kind of useful for the lighting effects/enviromap thing
still i must say, its very hard to get a specific effect that way
everytime i play around with the technique, i dont know what i will get in the end
sure it looks good everytime

but other than that....

lets say you have a specific goal
a project
now you want a gradient for the background
do you really have a look at an image and think: oh the colours are nice, im gonna make a gradient from it ??
can you even look at a picture that way and know what the gradient will look like

i got quite surprising results when i tried the program molly posted

i ve seen a lot of examples in PS, where people made gradients to achieve a very specific effect
like a metallic stroke with highlights and a chrome look
thats very hard to produce in Gimp
but maybe this program is the right tool for the job

my Gimp was cluttered with countless gradients that i never used
imo the solution is not to have as many gradients as possible but to find a way to get where i want as easily as possible

beautiful

I tried that sample and image by RobA, nothing is happening, I didn't get any kind of dialogue. I deleted his script, went to latest gimp scripts above... and I now get a dialogue when I right click the gradients. That is as far as I can get... I dont get a new image when I do that, it just goes to one of the gradients already in the list. I opened a picture and tried to make a gradient from it and I get a gradient already on the list.
Anyway, Esper, I am not stupid, just confuse easily.

bit missing the point there, dear

Well, it's not totally random. I was looking for a gradient that used the colors of my pink Azaleas and it was easy to get. A couple of Ctrl-F's and I had the exact result I was looking for.

Even if I were to looking to create a gradient to use as a simple fill, I think sampling along a path of an image section would be very useful option, but hey, that's just me.

I do hear what you're saying about having too many gradients that you might have to sift though. Having an abundance of options can be disadvantageous, I suppose.

I noticed that when I right click and choose sample along gradient, the dialog appears behind GIMP. I don't know why that happens but I have to move to my task bar and select it to bring the dalog to the front.

So, first I use the path tool to create a path over the image I want to sample, then right click on the gradient dialog and select Sample Gradient Along Path. I bring the dialog to the front, and enter the name of the New Gradient. I increase the Number of samplea to 256, ensure I have the correct image/drawable/path selected and click OK. It then creates a new gradient in the list with the name I specify.



I got this from a picture of a rainbow.

after playing with the gradient maker in gimp, it's not easy to use, so being able to create an image of the gradient required and then using RobA script to convert it to a gradient does make life easier.

Exactly, how do i use the Sample Gradient along a path? where would I find it when I open gimp?

http://silent9.com/blog/archives/155-GI ... -Path.html

you right-click in your gradients-list (not the dialog)

Cool. Thanks Esper.. I've located it.

molly: nice find, i think i'll give it a try. i've used rob a's sample gradient script and that works fine, but it sounds good to have the possibility to edit the gradient in the same program.
gnu tux: nice results with those gradients!
esper: if it's useful or not depends quite a lot on what gradient your after and how exactly you can sample the colours. at one point i wanted the orange light and rays from a natrium lamp and i was able to sample that from a photo using rob a's script. i also managed to sample gradients like he4rty's crown moulding gradients from a photo of a carved board.