Menu item 'Feathered paste' won't appear in my edit menu using file below has anyone using windows have this file working
#! /usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8
# """
# PLUG-in for gimp 2.8 and 2.9
# (might work with previous versions)
#
# Allows one to paste the contents of the
# clipboard in an image with its contents
# feathered from the border.
#
# The ammoutn of feathreing is selected interactively
# during the Plug-in execution, in a call to
# the Gaussian Blur plug-in.
#
# WHen the Gaussian blur dialog pops-up, one is free
# to select the pasted temporary layer
# on the Layers dialog and move it around to the
# desired location.
# """
from gimpfu import *
def feathered_paste(img, layer):
pdb.gimp_image_undo_group_start(img)
sel = pdb.gimp_edit_paste(layer, False)
pdb.gimp_floating_sel_to_layer(sel)
pdb.gimp_layer_resize_to_image_size(sel)
mask = pdb.gimp_layer_create_mask(sel, ADD_ALPHA_TRANSFER_MASK)
pdb.gimp_layer_add_mask(sel, mask)
pdb.gimp_displays_flush()
# this should be a call to the
# gegl plug-in to allow for on-screen preview
pdb.plug_in_gauss(img, mask, 40, 40, 1, run_mode=False)
# level the mask so that it actually is 0 at the pasted image border
# (else it will be more like
pdb.gimp_levels(mask, HISTOGRAM_VALUE,
128, 255, # input levels
1, #gamma - applying a high gaussian blur and haking
# a way to see this gamma on screen would be nice
0, 255 # output levels
)
# one might prefer to comment the line bellow and remaing with the
# pasted selection in a separate layer:
pdb.gimp_image_merge_down(img, sel, EXPAND_AS_NECESSARY)
pdb.gimp_image_undo_group_end(img)
register(
"feather_paste",
"Feathered paste",
"Allows one to feather a pasted object "
"borders before commiting to the image",
"João S. O. Bueno",
"Creative Commons v 3.0 attribution required",
" 2013",
"Feathered paste",
"*",
[
(PF_IMAGE, "img", "Input image", None),
(PF_DRAWABLE, "layer", "Input layer", None)
],
[],
feathered_paste,
menu="<Image>/Edit"
)
main()
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