Metallica Script now with menu addition for narrow fonts

Oregonian · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:30 pm **(#41)**

I reset the filter and used the same settings you did Nix, I did not get what you did.
I'm using gimp 2.6.11 and gmic 1.5.0.3 so every thing is the same.
I'm using Fedora Linux OS.

There must be something the script is calling that the rest of us don't have.

nixnine · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:06 pm **(#42)**

I feel special, haha. So anyone know how I can resolve this?

Graechan · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:59 pm **(#43)**

After watching the vid I am now very "confused", here is the part of the Script that refers to the expansion setting.

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;;;;Add the text layer for a temporary larger Image size
    (set! text-layer (car (gimp-text-fontname image -1 0 0 text 158 TRUE 632 PIXELS font)))
    (set! width (car (gimp-drawable-width text-layer)))
    (set! height (car (gimp-drawable-height text-layer)))    
    (gimp-image-remove-layer image size-layer)
    (gimp-image-resize-to-layers image)    
    (set! bkg-layer (car (gimp-layer-new image width height RGBA-IMAGE "Background" 100 NORMAL-MODE)))
    (gimp-image-add-layer image bkg-layer 1)

;;;;Expand the font if needed
    (if (> grow 0)
           (begin
    (gimp-selection-layer-alpha text-layer)
    (gimp-edit-clear text-layer)
    (gimp-selection-grow image grow)
    (gimp-context-set-foreground '(0 0 0))
    (gimp-edit-fill text-layer FOREGROUND-FILL)
    (gimp-selection-none image)
           )
    )

Can smeone help me, Nixnine you are truely a "Magician"
Your copy of the script is somehow merging the backgound layer the text layer? but I don't know becouse i'm "confused" now. also this Script has no dependances apart from GMIC.

Thankyou Marvin and 'O' for giving my problem some thought, also great pics Anna and molly.

nixnine · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:34 pm **(#44)**

Well, I've compared my copy of the script with yours and it's exact. I don't know. I'll keep investigating the script and the rest. If anyone has any ideas let me know. This is really nagging me. Got to learn to write those buggers. :hehe

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:26 am **(#45)**

I guess it could also go wrong here. This is where GMIC extrudes the text.

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; *******************************************start 3 Dimensional Image
;
(if (= type 1)
      (begin
   
         (let*
            (
               ;; Matching variables
               (3d_fgd (car (gimp-layer-copy text-layer TRUE)))
                           (txt-width (car (gimp-drawable-width text-layer)))
                  (txt-height (car (gimp-drawable-height text-layer)))
                           (3d-height 3d-fgd-height)
                           (plate 0)                           
            )
      
            ;; Add a layers
                      (gimp-image-add-layer image 3d_fgd -1)
                     
            ;; name the layers
            (gimp-drawable-set-name 3d_fgd "3D_fgd")
                              
                  
            ;; Render extrude3d using G'MIC.
            (plug-in-gmic 1 image 3d_fgd 1
               (string-append
                  "-v - " ; To have a silent output. Remove it to display errors from the G'MIC interpreter on stderr.
                  "-gimp_extrude3d " 
                                (number->string 3d-height) ",512,0.6,"
                                (number->string txt-width) ","
                                (number->string txt-height) ",0.88,"
                                (number->string x-angle) ",0,0,45,0,0,-100,0.50,0.70,4"                                
               )
            )
                     (gimp-selection-layer-alpha 3d_fgd)
                     (if (= plating 0) (set! plate 2))
                     (if (= plating 1) (set! plate 3))
                     (if (= plating 2) (set! plate 1))
                     (if (= plating 3) (set! plate 0))
                     (if (= plating 4) (set! plate 4))         
                  
            ;; Render Metallic look using G'MIC.
            (plug-in-gmic 1 image 3d_fgd  1
               (string-append
                  "-v - " ; To have a silent output. Remove it to display errors from the G'MIC interpreter on stderr.
                  "-gimp_tk_metallic 1,0,"
                                (number->string plate)  
               )
            )         
                      (gimp-image-lower-layer-to-bottom image text-layer)
                      (gimp-drawable-set-visible text-layer FALSE)
                      (gimp-selection-none image)                      
               )
; *******************************************end 3 Dimensional Image
           )
   )         

Besides this could you tick conserve layers and post the xcf Image.

MrBiggz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:37 am **(#46)**

I gave this filter a whirl cause it looked pretty cool. But it doesn't work and I was thumbing back in this thread and couldn't find anybody that has the problem I'm having.

Gimp: 2.6.11
G'MIC : 1.5.0.01

Now I just tried it with the default setting out of the box and then I tried changing a few thing and I got the same result each time. It gets to the point where it calls G'MIC and then folds up.

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Any ideas?

Thanks!

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:47 am **(#47)**

MrBiggz wrote:

I gave this filter a whirl cause it looked pretty cool. But it doesn't work and I was thumbing back in this thread and couldn't find anybody that has the problem I'm having.

Gimp: 2.6.11
G'MIC : 1.5.0.01

You need to download G'MIC v 1.5.0.3.

Click this link and scroll down the list to the 1.5.0.3 versions.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmic/files/

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:53 am **(#48)**

As stated in the Read-me file(but who reads them)

GMIC is needed to run this script

GMIC is available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmic/files/ look for version
1.5.0.2 or later with Tom Keil's metal look filter.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:07 am **(#49)**

Graechan wrote:

As stated in the Read-me file(but who reads them)

I've gotten so that I do read some of the readme files. Sometimes they can be very helpful.

MrBiggz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:30 am **(#50)**

Oregonian wrote:

Graechan wrote:

As stated in the Read-me file(but who reads them)

I've gotten so that I do read some of the readme files. Sometimes they can be very helpful.

I'll plead guilty here! I didn't read the readme file! =( I usually do, I'll have to also admit that I've been bombarded with a lot kewl stuff here on this bored so it just got away from me. Kind of like a kid at xmas!

I will update that G'MIC ASAP! Thanks! =)

I updated .. same results it still crashes when it gets to G'MIC. =((

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:19 am **(#51)**

MrBiggz wrote:

I updated .. same results it still crashes when it gets to G'MIC. =((

The new stable update is 1.5.0.4. David posted it earlier so you will want it instead of 1.5.0.3.

After adding the new G'MIC plug-in to your GIMP > plug-ins folder, close GIMP and re-open to refresh the plug-ins.

Open any image to get into G'MIC. I don't know how familiar you are with getting G'MIC installed completely. Look at the image and do the things checked/written in red.

MrBiggz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:38 am **(#52)**

That did it!

I've used it a few times but have never had to go to this part of it.

Once I opened that section things were already ticked, I just applied and then refreshed did a script-fu refresh and tried it again and voi'la! it werked! =))

Thanks!

nixnine · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:33 pm **(#53)**

Well, I updated to 1.5.0.4 with the same results. Attached is the .xcf of the image with default settings. The only thing changed is an expansion of 1 in the 3d setting.

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:20 pm **(#54)**

MrBiggz wrote:

That did it!

I've used it a few times but have never had to go to this part of it.

Once I opened that section things were already ticked, I just applied and then refreshed did a script-fu refresh and tried it again and voi'la! it werked! =))

Thanks!

Thanks 'O' I'm pleased you have it working MrBiggz Now I'm nearly finished. :yes

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:37 pm **(#55)**

Nixnine when i looked at your xcf the text font was not Sans

For example this is what the font Sans at 100 pixels expanded by 1 looks like

And this is yours

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

What font is that, Nixnine? I wanted to test it on my machine.

nixnine · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:23 pm **(#57)**

Santos Dumont.

Every font I've tried results in the same.

Now on my gimp, I have placed many scripts/plug-ins where I want them. I have changed some scripts, such as default script/gradient/font, maybe altered the min and max font size available to the script. I change lots of little things like that, but didn't even change the script location of the metallica script. But I don't think that would matter since it doesn't call on anything other than gmic.

Well, if anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to try them.

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:46 pm **(#58)**

Nixnine could you delete Metallica.scm from your scripts folder, then download a fresh copy and install.
Then restart or refresh your GIMP and try again, Changing nothing in the script.

nixnine · **Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:23 am **(#59)**

I've done that a couple times already. Still the prob exists. Strange.

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:41 am **(#60)**

Nixnine what do you have in your .gimp-2.6/fonts folder

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