I have balloon.scm which is supposed to make text balloons in both circular and rectangular shapes. It is an old script and the rectangular shape puts forth this error.



The newer script (FU_create-new_text-balloon.scm), which is compatible with v2.6, does not have the rectangle selection in the dialog. Whoever fixed the script eliminated it.

Can the rectangle balloon be resurrected?

I've zipped the two scripts and attached them.

1. balloon.scm
2. FU_create-new_text-balloon.scm

The old one works with 2.6 but the rectangle option gives error messages so I think whoever fixed it for 2.6, just removed that option.

You might like this font.
http://www.dafont.com/search.php?fpp=50 ... ka+bubbles

Thanks Jolie. There's a nice variety of text balloons in the font.

After reading the readme.txt file, I did a search in daFont for komika and there are some good comic text choices too.

http://www.dafont.com/search.php?q=komika&fpp=50

Simply a matter of removing the extra unused argument.

Registers in File>Create>Text Balloon...
p.s. I didn't change the script name, so be sure to remove the old one first.

I'm trying to save that attachment and I can't get it to save. By chance did you save it as inline? It won't download.

Delete the word "TRUE" from the line containing the following (in 'balloon.scm')


Personally, I should think using rounded rectangles would be offered as an option.

Yes I did. I'll fix it now.

That works saulgoode. Thanks. I agree, a rounded rectangle would be a nice option.

To get rounded rectangles, the fix is very simple:

replace these two if statements (there is one for round-balloon and one for round-think):



I thought a rounded corners of 10 x 10 would be sufficient, but you can always raise them higher, if you want.

I did a search in the script for that first line and it isn't in the script.

That's because I altered mine after saulgoode's recommendation. The lines are there, O. It's the same line saulgood recommended changing. I am using the script you provided.

The only thing you are doing is replacing gimp-rect-select, with gimp-round-rect-select.

This, as Saulgoode suggested:


With this:

Those are the ones I've been using lately.

p.s. Sorry. In my reply I just repeated what you already said. I should have read your post better.

As did I. But that line, I copied and pasted it in the text search and it doesn't come up.

I need to go back to the one I fixed and try again. It does work. It makes a rectangular balloon.

I see that the lines you put up still say TRUE in them.

Later: I used the original balloon.scm and searched for

(gimp-rect-select img (* bw 0.1) (* bh 0.1) (* bw 0.8) (* bh 0.65) ADD TRUE FALSE 0) )

It simply is not found in the script.

O: I am using the original balloon.scm, not the FU one. I'm sort of confused because all I did was change one line of code, the same line of code Saulgoode suggested for balloon.scm (removing TRUE).

Are we talking about a different file? Because I haven't done anything to make two whole lines of code to disappear from a script that is in your possession. I'd like to think I have those kind of powers, though, hahaha...

The lines with TRUE in them deal with the round parameters anti-aliasing, round-rect and rect are not exact, round requires parameters that rect does not.

Additionally, I am curious, my search function doesn't always work when I input an entire line of code, I have no idea why, but the file is so small I don't really need to use search.

No, I, too am looking at the original balloon.scm script.

I think I see what the problem is.

This is the line in the script
(gimp-rect-select img (* bw 0.1) (* bh 0.1) (* bw 0.8) (* bh 0.625) ADD TRUE FALSE 0))

This is the line you put up:

(gimp-rect-select img (* bw 0.1) (* bh 0.1) (* bw 0.8) (* bh 0.65) ADD TRUE FALSE 0) )

So did you leave TRUE in the script? Your changed line still has it in it.

Funny thing is, I never changed any code, other than removing TRUE, as saulgoode suggested.

And of course, adding the new round-rect option, but I never made any other changes to the code, even then.

I have a habit of editing my last post, so check my last few comments. I even added my own updated file.

I think it was the removal of ADD, and giving the square(rect) parameters to follow that fixed it.
Anyways i fixed it so the script name shows in the pop-up, and the menu position is changed to Filters/Render/Text-Balloon.


As you can see the TRUE is still there it is the ADD that is gone replaced with size parameters instead.
(if (= rect TRUE) (gimp-round-rect-select img (* bw 0.1) (* bh 0.1) (* bw 0.8) (* bh 0.625) 10 10 0 TRUE FALSE 0 0))

You ninjad me Mahvin

My computer is being stupid again. I have tried all of the scripts, and none of them even show in the menus.