GIMP 3, writing plugins with Visual Studio 2022

Herbie · **Joined:** Aug 22, 2017 **Posts:** 73

I used Visual Studio 2019 to develop plugins for GIMP 2. VS 2019 recognized the Python environment after selecting the path "C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin" and used the interpreter, library, and additionally installed packages.

Now I wanted to use the same procedure for GIMP 3 and VS 2022, but VS 2022 recognizes Python 3.12.10 but not the libraries and packages! Does anyone have any further information for me? For example, what needs to be entered in the registry under "PythonPath"?

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16170

This is where my bin, and lib folders are located for Gimp-3.0

C:\Users\bkdad\AppData\Local\Programs\GIMP 3

Don't know if that helps or not.

quietreader · **Joined:** Apr 11, 2024 **Posts:** 308

Kamil Burda (who coded batcher or GIMP 3) has shown this for PyCharm here
https://medium.com/@kamilburda/setting- ... 0a718ba04e
Maybe some of it helps in VS, too?

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2014

Want to instead consider making a GEGL plugin for GIMP instead of a python plugin? Let me know and I'll help you, examples here - https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/

But they are only meant for applying filters on layers and layer groups.