Pulsing Sparkle Animation Script [Rel1]

[Graechan]

gimper66 nice animation

[gimper66]

thanks greachan

[Oregonian]

Could there be a choice of no shapes at all, but points of light? Like for this image I got at APOD. It would look more natural without shapes.

[Graechan]

'O' for space scenes 'Bling' would be be a more appropriate script just make sure you load the Patterns, pulsing Sparkle is intended more for text e.t.c.

[Oregonian]

Unfortunately, bling doesn't have the fading in and out (pulsing) ability that makes the sparkling look more natural.

[Graechan]

'O' you can still add small stars by setting the shapes option to default as below

[Graechan]

'O' with a further change to settings you can do this

[Oregonian]

Ah, that's what I wanted. Randomizing the large sparkle shapes is what made the shapes I didn't want. Thanks, Graechan. Nice.

Original image
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150608.html

[Graechan]

'O' While the script is capable of producing realistic pulsing Stars it was also created to gussy up in and around text e.t.c.
I have just released update2 which contains more Shapes and better defines what the 'Default Shape' is

[Oregonian]

Newest script. Very nice, Graechan.

Original image
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150609.html

[Graechan]

Thanks 'O' I think the script is finished now

[Graechan]

Pulsing Sparkle Animation Rel1 has been uploaded to GimpScripts, see initial post for details

[Liz-ard]

Thank you Graechan, Saulgoode and Gnu Tux!

[ Image ]

It' a daytime photo. First filter was dinasset's daylight to moon light and after it Sparkle Animation.

Wow, nice! Were can you find dinasset's daylight to moon light plug-in?

Oops, never mind...found it

[Liz-ard]

Okay,

crazy question...how do you animate the pulsing sparkle animation script? I'm sure it's something I need to add, but am not sure what. Currently, I just get some pretty yellow spatter. help!

[oldmangrumpy]

@Liz-ard : after running the script you should see a number of layers in GIMP with the name 'Frame #'; to see your animation in GIMP, go to Filters>Animation>Playback.

To see the animation outside of GIMP you need to export your .xcf file as a GIF or APNG file. For the latter format you will need an extra plugin.

Hope that's of some use.

[molly]

Also you need to check the little box that says animation when you are saving.

[Liz-ard]

Yay! Thank you for both of your help

[berry1890]

Hello,
I am really new in GIMP and I literally have no idea what to do.
I managed to get the script and save the file as gif, but I can use only one pixel set at a time ( default starts or another set ) when I want to add another, it adds another 6 ( or another number we choose ) at the end of the frames. What I want is to have 6 frames with combined sets ( starts, bubbles, hearts,...) is it possible for you to tell me?

[INDtanay]

Very wonderful script and amazing thinking of pulsing.

Another update for custom(user) stars please.
I would love to have stars with blended 4,6 or 8 rays or any of my other shapes.

Looking forward to this update

[stix16]

Hello!

I was recently using this script and noticed an issue that I wasn't sure if I could fix or not, so I figured I'd ask the community to see if you guys would be able to advise further!

So I'm making this image and I thought the sparkle animation would give it a nice touch. It turned out great, but the colors seem to 'unblend' for lack of a better term. Is there a way to keep the luminosity of the original image while still adding the sparkle script? In GIMP Playback, the colors look blended like normal. It's only when I export it as a gif that the quality decreases. Any ideas? Thank you!

Before Sparkle Animation


After Sparkle Animation