Apply and Save/Load Preset Script for Layer Effects (Experimental)

trandoductin · **Posted:** Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:12 pm **(#21)**

version 9 (hack to allow new layer modes [in addition to legacy modes] to be selected to be saved and applied as presets and loads works with these new layer modes as well)

trandoductin · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:10 am **(#22)**

Sorry guys, just uploaded another version (10) last night.

As Dionisio found a bug.

The bug is that the "Load Preset Apply All" would fail after first effect is applied when Merge with layer is set to true because the newly merged layer is a new pointer so the old pointer is invalid.

So version 10 tries to apply series of effects on the layer by name so that it doesn't error out when we try to Merge with Layer option.

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2018 2:10 pm **(#23)**

Seems to work okay, thank you.
I found an annoyance. If you edit any of the setting files you will get "layerfx_presets.py has messed the internal state blahblah..."
and the only thing to fix it, is to delete the corresponding setting file.
Wanted to test if it was possible to remove a single layer style from a preset.

Dionísio · **Joined:** Nov 28, 2018 **Posts:** 41 **Location:** Brazil

Enjoying it so much!
Tried following a plastic/glass text PS tutorial;
For some reason when I put the layer in normal mode, it made the whole image white-ish. Changing the layer mode to normal-legacy seemed to fix the problem.

trandoductin · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2018 4:32 pm **(#25)**

I can edit the text files fine.
I added Dionisio's candle settings to 3 of the files and they work just fine.

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2018 4:50 pm **(#26)**

trandoductin wrote:

I can edit the text files fine.
I added Dionisio's candle settings to 3 of the files and they work just fine.

Okay, must have been something on my side.
Will play more later and try style conversion from old PS layer styles.

Krikor · **Joined:** Dec 19, 2018 **Posts:** 164

Pocholo wrote:

Hi Tim. I am sorry if I'm a "doofus" :gaah

when it comes to this plugin that you created, but I cannot make it work. I placed the plugin where it suppose to, I done a bunch of thing to see if it appear as you said. When I go to: Layer> Layer Effects, I have the all the filters there: Bevel and Emboss, Color Overlay, Drop shadow... etc. I don't see the "Apply and Save/Load Preset" options. I want to experiment your improved layerfx definition, help me please. Thank you in advance!

I'm a Windows 10 user.

Nidhogg wrote:

Seems to work okay, thank you.
I found an annoyance. If you edit any of the setting files you will get "layerfx_presets.py has messed the internal state blahblah..."
and the only thing to fix it, is to delete the corresponding setting file.
Wanted to test if it was possible to remove a single layer style from a preset.

@Pocholo hi,
On December 15th last, I received this error message:

GIMP Error
Plug-in crashed: "layerfx_presets.py"
(C:\Users\...\plug-ins\layerfx_presets.py)
The dying plug-in may have messed up GIMP's internal state. You may want to save your images and restart GIMP to be on the safe side.

Since then the menus for the layerfx_presets plugin have disappeared. After several unsuccessful attempts I gave up trying to use the plugin.

But after reading the @Nidhoog post, I had an idea, and luckily I finally got the plugin's menus back up.

Thank you for your help!

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:06 am **(#28)**

Testing this awesome plugin, style needs more tweaking. Inner shadow is unnecessary and the edge is jaggy. It uses drop shadow to create a background for the other layer styles because the outer glow wouldn't show up otherwise. Foreground color must be white.
Canvas: 1024x256
Font: Alex Murphy Solid
Size: 300 points
Color: ffffff

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bevel_emboss.txt:RoboComp|(image,layer,0, 20.0, 0, 14.0, 3.0, 30.0, 12.0, 0, (206, 40, 40), 53, 94.0, (65, 65, 65), 30, 50.0, 0, False, 'Pine', 100.0, 100.0, False, False)
drop_shadow.txt:RoboComp|(image,layer,(167, 167, 167), 100.0, 0, 0.0, 28, 95.0, 26.0, 120.0, 0.0, False, False)
inner_shadow.txt:RoboComp|(image,layer,(0, 0, 0), 75.0, 0, 0.0, 3, 1, 18.0, 2.0, 45.0, 2.0, False)
outer_glow.txt:RoboComp|(image,layer,'FG to Transparent', 70.0, 0, 20.0, 23, 12.0, 8.0, False, False)
pattern_overlay.txt:RoboComp|(image,layer,'Rain', 50.0, 30, 100.0, 3, False)
stroke.txt:RoboComp|(image,layer,(66, 66, 66), 80.0, 28, 2.0, 100.0, False)

trandoductin · **Posted:** Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:18 am **(#29)**

Nidhogg,
Thanks for sharing the presets, but you should add a piece of info to each line (where each line came from so people'd know where to add the presets).

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:20 am **(#30)**

Ahhh, of course. Fixed.

trandoductin · **Posted:** Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:38 am **(#31)**

Pocholo · **Posted:** Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:43 pm **(#32)**

Krikor wrote:

Pocholo wrote:

Hi Tim. I am sorry if I'm a "doofus" :gaah

when it comes to this plugin that you created, but I cannot make it work. I placed the plugin where it suppose to, I done a bunch of thing to see if it appear as you said. When I go to: Layer> Layer Effects, I have the all the filters there: Bevel and Emboss, Color Overlay, Drop shadow... etc. I don't see the "Apply and Save/Load Preset" options. I want to experiment your improved layerfx definition, help me please. Thank you in advance!

I'm a Windows 10 user.

Nidhogg wrote:

Seems to work okay, thank you.
I found an annoyance. If you edit any of the setting files you will get "layerfx_presets.py has messed the internal state blahblah..."
and the only thing to fix it, is to delete the corresponding setting file.
Wanted to test if it was possible to remove a single layer style from a preset.

@Pocholo hi,
On December 15th last, I received this error message:

GIMP Error
Plug-in crashed: "layerfx_presets.py"
(C:\Users\...\plug-ins\layerfx_presets.py)
The dying plug-in may have messed up GIMP's internal state. You may want to save your images and restart GIMP to be on the safe side.

Since then the menus for the layerfx_presets plugin have disappeared. After several unsuccessful attempts I gave up trying to use the plugin.

But after reading the @Nidhoog post, I had an idea, and luckily I finally got the plugin's menus back up.

Thank you for your help!

@krikor; I still can't be able to see the layerfx Preset menu. It only gives me the Layer> Layer Effects menu. I put the file inside: C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\plug-ins, like it suppose to and it doesn't even give me an error at least to have hope that is running in my Gimp. Maybe is a thing with Windows 10 or my PC.

Krikor · **Joined:** Dec 19, 2018 **Posts:** 164

Pocholo wrote:

@krikor; I still can't be able to see the layerfx Preset menu. It only gives me the Layer> Layer Effects menu. I put the file inside: C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\plug-ins, like it suppose to and it doesn't even give me an error at least to have hope that is running in my Gimp. Maybe is a thing with Windows 10 or my PC.

Hi Pocholo,
In the folder C: \ Users \ ... \ 64bit \ bin remove all files of type bevel_and_emboss, color_overlay, drop_shadow, gradient_overlay, inner_glow, inner_shadow, outer_glow, satin and stroke.
Remove all these files. - ( All files generated by layerfx_presents in bin folder (delete all) )

Try it and see if the layerfx_presents menu will now appear.

Pocholo · **Posted:** Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:30 pm **(#34)**

Krikor wrote:

Pocholo wrote:

@krikor; I still can't be able to see the layerfx Preset menu. It only gives me the Layer> Layer Effects menu. I put the file inside: C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\plug-ins, like it suppose to and it doesn't even give me an error at least to have hope that is running in my Gimp. Maybe is a thing with Windows 10 or my PC.

Hi Pocholo,
In the folder C: \ Users \ ... \ 64bit \ bin remove all files of type bevel_and_emboss, color_overlay, drop_shadow, gradient_overlay, inner_glow, inner_shadow, outer_glow, satin and stroke.
Remove all these files. - ( All files generated by layerfx_presents in bin folder (delete all) )

Try it and see if the layerfx_presents menu will now appear.

Thank you for your help, I don't have that folder because in order that layerfx_presets.py generate that folder, probably is by execution. When I start Gimp, on the process, I can see the plugins that are starting in Gimp. Only layerfx.py shows up but not layerfx_presets.py.

If you're running Windows and the plugin works for you, that mean there is something in my PC that won't let this plugin start. Thanks again.

trandoductin · **Posted:** Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:13 pm **(#35)**

Pocholo,
try renaming "layerfx_presets.py" to something short like "a.py" and see if that does anything for you. It's worth a shot to see what happens.

Pocholo · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:55 am **(#36)**

Tim, I rename the file but somehow the plugin is not registering in Gimp. I open the pluginrc and only the layerfx.py is there but layerfx_presets is not there.

trandoductin · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2018 10:02 am **(#37)**

This is some odd ball.... I am so confused right now

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2018 10:09 am **(#38)**

New logo style, Znoritos! Wolf a bag and go to sleep.
NOTE! I'm using large font sizes with my custom styles, so that they can be used in HQ images and scaled down if needed.
If you apply these on standard 72p, they will obviously look bad and strange.
This was done with HandelGothic Bold 516p, white.
The example below is 50% of the original size.

Settings

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Drop Shadow:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(0, 0, 0), 100.0, 0, 0.0, 28, 100.0, 100.0, 120.0, 0.0, False, False)
Outer Glow:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(255, 0, 0), 100.0, 3, 0.0, 0, 26.0, 40.0, False, False)
Stroke:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(0, 0, 0), 100.0, 28, 15.0, 100.0, False)
Inner Shadow:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(206, 218, 216), 100.0, 0, 0.0, 3, 1, 100.0, 12.0, -55.0, 8.0, False)
Inner Glow:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(255, 255, 255), 100.0, 0, 0.0, 28, 1, 100.0, 4.0, False)

trandoductin · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:29 am **(#39)**

Thanks again for sharing your presets Nidhogg

Dionísio · **Joined:** Nov 28, 2018 **Posts:** 41 **Location:** Brazil

Nidhogg wrote:

New logo style, Znoritos! Wolf a bag and go to sleep.
NOTE! I'm using large font sizes with my custom styles, so that they can be used in HQ images and scaled down if needed.
If you apply these on standard 72p, they will obviously look bad and strange.
This was done with HandelGothic Bold 516p, white.
The example below is 50% of the original size.

[ Image ]

Settings

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Drop Shadow:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(0, 0, 0), 100.0, 0, 0.0, 28, 100.0, 100.0, 120.0, 0.0, False, False)
Outer Glow:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(255, 0, 0), 100.0, 3, 0.0, 0, 26.0, 40.0, False, False)
Stroke:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(0, 0, 0), 100.0, 28, 15.0, 100.0, False)
Inner Shadow:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(206, 218, 216), 100.0, 0, 0.0, 3, 1, 100.0, 12.0, -55.0, 8.0, False)
Inner Glow:
Znoritos|(image,layer,(255, 255, 255), 100.0, 0, 0.0, 28, 1, 100.0, 4.0, False)

Very nice preset! It has a comic-like feel, I like it very much.
How did you achieve such a smooth look? My results get very "sharp" edges, I usually need to use some repair filter of G'MIC after applying all the layer styles to have a somewhat smooth edge.