jontait2 wrote:
IIRC Gimp 2.8.14 comes with G'MIC ready-installed (bundled). But that will probably now be an out of date version.
If you want to download the latest G'MIC (ie. version 1.6.5.0), install it to your user plugins folder (C:\Users\username\.gimp-2.8\plugins\) and leave the bundled version in your system plugins folder as it is.
So long as your folders are set-up correctly (in Edit>Preferences>Folders>Plugins) with your user folder listed first, Gimp will simply ignore the bundled version and use the one in your user folder.
Better still, create a "gmic" sub-folder in your user plugins folder specifically for G'MIC, install G'MIC with all its .dll files into that sub-folder and then add that sub-folder to the list of plugins folders under Edit>Preferences>Folders>Plugins. This will avert possible dll-clashes with other plugins in future.
I don't know how you managed to lose the .dll required by Gimp, but I think at this juncture probably the easiest thing to do would be to download Gimp afresh (yet again!) and then proceed as above.
BTW if the G'MIC readme file does actually tell you to install to the system plugins folder, then I think we should take that point up with David (Ronounours).
Ughs. Okay, am downloading gimp (yet again!)...just a note, the g'mic readme file also states:
Notes for Windows:
You may prefer to install the plugin for individual users and avoid having
to save into the program files folder. The location differs depending on
your version of Windows and can be configured in GIMP 2.8, for example:
- on Windows 7: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins
- on Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins
See the FAQ for more information.