This could be hard but I hope there is a coder out there that can make 'exploding text' or (exploding any image
This was made by racer-x with Aviutl outside of Gimp.



Thanks Wallace and racer-x for getting me thinking about this.

Quick attempt to achieve a similar effect using G'MIC.
I am not very happy (the effect is not very similar) - but some basis for experimenting is already ...

In menu GIMP: Filters/Animation/Explode text using G'MIC...

Thanks for this plugin Marero. It's very clever how the python script calls G'MIC filters.

AviUtl can explode any image not just text. It works really well on that disliked dictator
Racer-x discovered AviUtl and made tutorials on using it. The software is from Japan and goes back to the late 1990's. It's quite usable although Windows only.

The software does lots of other effects. The explosions has an element called 'gravity'. This defines how disintegrated particles fall to the ground. It can be set to 0 which makes the particles only fly outwards from the explosion center while 10 makes them fall straight down. I found the center of the explosion can be set by X and Y values. This is great for exploding a picture right between the eyes.

So the steps are - initial fracturing, movement of broken pieces out to the edge of the canvas, then slowly falling to ground.
AviUtl always replaces the background with black. It would be more realistic to explode a foreground object on the original background but this is really an animation task.

I think davici resolve can do effects like this but I haven't tried it.

Well done and thanks for the coding

You just need to put the background in another video track(aka layer).

Here's my attempt at the plugin:


Is there a way to slow it down and to change the fire html color?

How did you get the purple and green colors?

Oh, okay. Now, back to my original questions, how can it be slowed down and can the html fire color be changed?

I will try changing the colors and the milliseconds the next time I try out the plugin. Thanks, Wallace.

Thank you to all testers.

Some remarks on the concept of development:

1. For startup text I used plug-in-bump-map.
I'm sorry I forgot to add that it doesn't work without the "patch" using the Gimp 2.8 version.
Then I applied the Gmic filter Patterns -> Cracks.
For the beginning, I only assumed the red color - but now you can also choose it.
Why HTML?
The color output Gimp rgb(r, g, b) -> r, g, b = 0÷1 does not match the color input in G'MIC rgba (r, g, b, a) -> r, g, b, a = 0÷255 - but both can use HTML (maybe there is another solution?)

2. For fire-lines I used GMIC -> Testing -> Samj -> Rendering -> Traits Strokes

There are many other possibilities:

- elsamuko-escape-lines.scm
version (0.3) fixed for Gimp 2.10 with new Autocenter option:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=17996#p247091

- Speedline Plug-in (speedline.exe)
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7769

3. For explodind (defoormations) I used GMIC -> Deformations -> Crease
This should be replaced by some other deformation (any ideas?)

Thanks racer for a way of putting a background into Aviutl.

It's quite possible G'MIC can produce the 3D effects
Also G'MIC can work with multiple layers. I may check-out Marero's script and see what it's doing. The 'Fire' filter is not really doing it for me. A G'MIC 'physics engine' would be nice to have.....

G'mic "Edges on Fire" looks kinda cool. Here I converted the Eagle into a Fire Bird.

For previous visit to exploding text:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17495

Thank You Pat625. I missed this link.

Fun continues.
I tried a different G'MIC effect: "samj_Random_Small_Deformations" - unfortunately just a little better.