GEGL Sharp Bevel - A new classic

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I guarantee this plugin will go down as a new classic, its that good.

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A new high quality bevel plugin that uses a unique algorithm that by its nature dictates
the bevel to be sharp in appearance. I have made many bevel plugins before this one
(bevel, custom-bevel, glossy-balloon ect... but all of them rely on the same theory. A blur
followed by an emboss. This is the first bevel plugin of mine to deviate from that rule.
Distance transform, color to alpha and emboss is the core principle behind sharp bevel.


Of course I should clarify, There is a lot more going on inside this bevel. It is definitely applying over 50 Gimp filters at once to make this effect. But its core idea is based around those three filters (distance transform, color to alpha and emboss). You're gonna love this filter guys and gals I guarantee it.

This plugin has two dependencies that smooth the edges and remove edge artifact. Said dependencies are plugins of their own. If you
already have them overwrite them with the latest version to make sure things work proper. Especially due to the name space transition.
The plugin is technically called lb:sharp-bevel because Gimp's team does not want people using the namespace gegl: but practically we will call it GEGL Sharp Bevel.


More Previews

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DOWNLOAD WINDOWS AND LINUX BINARIES AND SOURCE CODE HERE
https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL_sha ... n/releases

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


Another preview with an image file overlay that was uploaded using the plugin. *DROP SHADOW ADDED MANUALLY


During development it used Custom Bevel as a template and uses a very small amount of Custom Bevel's code so technically it is a fork of Custom Bevel but so heavily modified. To learn more about Custom Bevel go here.
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Video of the plugin in action.
https://streamable.com/9jue8o

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This was suppose to be a new classic, as it is a unique text styling plugin that does dozens of things. I guess it sunk.

Anyhow, Sharp Bevel updated and contains a new slider called "flat surface control" that will slide up makes Sharp Bevel flatter.

https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL_sha ... n/releases

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Sharp Bevel and many other plugins of mine can now be used inside an experimental branch of GEGL Effects along with other major text styling plugins of mine. This version of GEGL Effects will replace default GEGL Effects if you already have it. OVERWRITE ALL BINARIES.

Read instructions to download it is not in the normal release section.

Source Code
https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL-Eff ... tal-update

Windows Binaries
https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL-Eff ... naries.zip

Linux Binaries
https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL-Eff ... naries.zip


LOCATION TO PUT BINARIES. THEY DO NOT GO IN THE DEFAULT PLUGINS DIRECTORY


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




Previews of Sharp bevel being called inside GEGL Effects

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