From a discussion in this thread, I decided to toss together a quick stand alone script that performs a basic gradient stroke that would be easy to call from another script (or just incorporate the code directly). Since then, this script has taken on a life of its own.

Gradient Stroke V1.5 creates a gradient stroke by copying the selected layer, filling with selected gradient, shrinking (or growing) by the stroke width, then clearing the remainder of the layer. If no selection is detected, the script performs Alpha to Selection. Otherwise, the script uses the existing selection.

Setting the Stroke Depth to zero directs the script to perform a gradient fill, rather than a gradient stroke. Setting the Bump Map depth to a value greater than zero directs the script to bump map the stroke (or fill) at the specified depth.

To facilitate fast and easy multiple strokes, the script has provisions for keeping the selection: Active, Inner Edge, Outer Edge & None.

Fully compatible with GIMP 2.10.x layer, GIMP 2.8.x layer groups and GIMP 2.6.x.

Menu location: Filters/Decor/Gradient Stroke..

That is cool Tux, I am grabbing it too. I think a gradient stroke would have a lot of use. Thanks

OK, Molly. I'll tweak and test it a bit more before I make an official release. Let me know if you have any problems. I think I'll add a manual option to keep the selection, which will be handy for double stroking.

Ok, I will try it first thing in the morning. I have my main pc off for the night so I will let you know..

I grabbed it also. I will try to get time to see if it works good on my mcgimp tonight or tomorrow night

Ok, Let me know 2-ton. Being it's script-fu, it should work fine.

Note: The results you'll get when changing the "Blend Mode" in the script depends on the color of the initial image or text/image you're stroking. It will blend the gradient with the original text/image you're using to create the new gradient stroke layer.

Works perfectly on a mac with mcgimp!

great script

Tux

thank you

Thanks Mike. It's quick and dirty.


Not sure what angle and scale does but it looks like that script has it covered.

My thinking was to keep it simple and not have so many parms to pass when calling from another script. Here's the latest version: Beta 0.92. Feel free to add your own enhancements to this one, Graechan.

See first post in thread.

Ooops. Fixed a bug where the gradient wasn't being fully applied to the entire image.

New version in first post.

This script just does 8 directions of gradient fills. There are an infinite number of possible directions. It would depend on where your start and end points were: x1/y1 and x2/y2, right?.

Scaling looks like it's just increasing/decreasing the overall size of the applied gradient. Seems that would cause banding when scaling upwards. Perhaps it could be smoothed.

OK. I'll check that out and see what techniques used there might be useful in this script.

That sounds like a reasonable approach, one that gives the user more options via a script. Perhaps some offsets values would make the script even more versatile.

Very nice results Tux, thank you.

Bump Mapped stroke x2

my exerc.

I love it. Very nice. Thanks, GnuTux!