Based on some comments in Oregonian's tutorial thread, I've written a script which renders a calendar for an entire year. The script is still relatively untested and it is unlikely I will get around to modifying it much until next year, but for those brave souls who wish to try it out now I am making it available.


The script requires that you have installed the latest version of the original sg-calendar.scm script; and also that you install the sg-calendar-year.scm script.
EDIT: The script has been updated and the two files combined into one. The description and download links for the latest version can be found on my Chiselapp website.

The script adds a command under "Filters->Render->Calendar Year..." and will render the new calendar within the bounds of the current selection. The dialog present contains the same options as the original calendar script (except for the "month", since all 12 months are rendered), and adds two additional options: "Columns" and "Padding". The padding is the blank space between the individual months and is expressed as a percentage (0-80).

The script makes no attempt to render the year number; it is left to the user to place this on their image. At a minimum, a selection should probably be made so that there is a protected region reserved for this.

At this time, I would only recommend this script for those familiar with the original calendar script -- and perhaps not even them. THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE!

Any reports of bugs or suggestions for improvements are welcome, though I may not fix things or otherwise implement changes at this time. I will try to fix the most egregious problems, but can not make any firm commitments.

Here is an example of the script being run on an image where the bottom half of the image was selected and the number of Columns was set to "6".

Script errors ... I'll play with it a bit later.

Nice thanks Saulgoode! =)

Here is mine too.


thanks Saul. that is great. wow.....

Unbound variable for sg-calendar-months.

Be sure to download the regular calendar script saulgoode posted in this thread. The one I posted in the tutorial won't work with the new Year Calendar script. I updated the link in my tutorial. I got error messages before I downloaded the updated script.

A couple things I discovered along the way. First, merge any layers you have in the image you want to put the year calendar in. If you made a selection that's not the size of your original image, be sure to Select > To Path with it. You may not need it, but if you do you will be happy you saved it. I made a new, transparent layer and ran the script from that layer and that worked fine.

I don't know how you figured all that out, saulgoode, but it's a great script. Thanks.

I don't think the game warden is going to argue with that bear about it not being salmon season.

Great scripts and awesome calanders!!

Great script, SaulGoode! Thanks!

I did notice, however, that 3 months (January, July, and October) got squeezed smaller than the rest of the months.

very nice o, Love the froggy, mahvin.

Next year I will modify the script so that it doesn't require that the original layer fills the selected area.

I also need to adjust the placement of the individual months. Currently, they are placed somewhat correctly horizontally (each month centered within its grid cell), but vertically the months are placed at the bottom of their individual grid cell. This was a mistaken in my programming and not how I intend it to behave.



What I would like to do is have the months evenly distributed from edge-to-edge and top-to-bottom as shown in the following:





The fonts used for those months are smaller because there are six rows of weekdays for those months but only five rows for the others. If you wish all of the numerals to have the same font size, use the "Force six week span" option (one of the "wrap" options would also work).

Thanks for all the feedback.

Ok, thanks for the script and tip, much appreciated.

I love these scripts... and my Yankees!

Wow! What a cool background and that font looks like it should be traveling across the page. Great calendar, Greg!

Thanks for the heads up on downloading the new calender script O.
I missed that myself, and got the same error.

All set now though. =)

One for the Gimper Magazine.

Very nice Rod. You probably already know this, but if you prefer not to show the grids, you can turn the grids off in all the months. I tried it on a page and looks cool.

@O, I like your red - white and black calendar.

Just an added tip here. If you set the border width to zero you don't get borders around your month calendars. The layer the borders would be on is a blank layer when border width is zero.