This script is spawned from Rod's thread/request

Rel 2. works on selection bounding box/rectangle. (USE .py instead of .scm).


REMOVE .scm above,
Use the .py below it's more advanced (registered under same location)
Release 1.


.py features composing sections so that you can easily edit the path.
(as requested by mahvin)
(also defaulting the path to visible requested by Obinbc).


Will be available under /Image/Guides/Guides to path


If there is no selection all guides will turn into path.
If there is a selection, guides within the selection bounding (box/rectangle) will turn into path.

Just a sample of usage.


1. Created guides to represent the first row (blue).
2. Rectangle select the first row (using Snap to Guides for easy selecting).
3. ran "Guides to path" to create path that represents first row.

4. Modified guides to represent the second row (red).
5. Rectangle select the second row (using Snap to Guides for easy selecting).
6. ran "Guides to path" to create path that represents 2nd row.

7. stroked path created in step 3. with blue.
8. stroked path created in step 6. with red.

Great job, Tin! Works like a charm for me.

mahvin & Wallace:
There isn't a smilies with 3 heads hi5ing

How about making the path(s) visible by default? A user without the Path dialog showing or open might not realize the script had run successfully.

BTW, nice job on the script.

This is a very useful script.
According to me the most practical of all utility published this year.
In conjunction with this "New Guides from Selection: adds a lot of opportunities when working with paths.
This script should enter as canon in the installer GIMP
This is my favorite for the Golden Wilber GimpChat.

Indeed a useful script, paths from odd spaced guides.

There are as well, from ofnuts
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-pa ... s/scripts/

A plugin for a shaped grid, diamonds, hexagons, etc. path-shaped-grid-0.0.py

A plugin for a grid bounded by a selection path-grid-0.1.py
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-pa ... s/scripts/

Sorry i haven't posted sooner Tran. Been to bed and then work. Just got home and saw you created this new filter. Thank you sir!



Exactly what i was looking for! And so quick. Thanks again Tran.

Tin's guide script is awesome, no denying that. However, I just ran Ofnut's Paths grid feature and I noticed that every cell had intersecting points allowing me to cut paths between cells to convert a row of cells into one cell, etc. So, how could this be obtained (making intersecting points) using the guides script, or is this possible? Tin's script makes shorter work by allowing you to select your area to create the paths. Can the paths be modified to create intersecting nodes?

I'll see what i can do.
To create a path that is composed of intersecting points instead of just a long line.

It's doable.

I just updated the 1st post of this thread to have.
.py script (zipped)

It's more advanced because it composes the path out of many lines meeting at intersections so that you can easily edit the created path.

Reason for me to in .py script is because it's much easier to sort in .py then scheme.

I used the wrong then.

"... easier to sort in .py then scheme" should be "... easier to sort in .py than scheme" right?

I downloaded the py. That's a wonderful script.

What I saw as examples: great!
Congratulations
Will look at the script shortly ...

I never remember them for sure, i always have to go back to programming if then statements... if something happens then something happens...anything else it's than... that's how i have to go about it..i don't know how i would remember them if i didn't use "if ... then" statements in programming.