Thank a lot lylejk,
and yes you are right as i feared i did an error confusing a point with a comma

But you got it and that was the point, and yes the easiest way is edit another Fav from same filter, then adding a custom preset name and... all that awful parentheses

BUT is so cool that using Gimp what i often forgot , the setting used, remain stored in the layer name
a bit painful recover manually but could be done

would be cool if done with a script fu

Requisite

you open in gimp the XCF where are the image with the effects you did in gimp

the script
copy and paste the layer(s) name(s)
and if possible trasform the commas in parenthesys and let input a preset name


"Resurrect as preset" could be a nice name for a similar script....

I rebooted GIMP, nothing changed. Do I need to set up input/output layers, etc press a certain button somewhere or what?

not really but wich you tried ?

and you got the last version of the filters ? i uploaded the new version not much HOURS ago,

PS New code is also in the first message

Yes Mahvin; you need to used PC's new version and copy it to you .gmic file. Then save the fav using the save button and then edit the fav file with the Parameters you like from PCs set (or make your own). You can even rename that preset so you can have multiple favs with the various settings.

if you make your own and you like you may share here,better if with before /after

Yes, I loaded the new code on the first page, and what I ended up doing, after re-reading Lyle's post, is I "edited" the fave file, instead of just pasting the entire code. It worked then.

Now, I have more questions about presets, because as it is now,it looks like you can only edit one preset at a time? Am I correct? Why could I not have an entire list of presets? Something tells me that G'MIC isn't set up that way (one big reason I wanted Faves upgraded in G'MIC was due to this). Or is it?

Too bad you can't just select a preset option, like we change layer modes. Now that would be the bomb.

Lyle: those extra presets weren't showing up in my Faves list, but when I did the edit of ONE fave already listed, then it showed me the changes.

Y too found a biy annoying that can't be done quickly a new preset from a preset
That spoil a bit my idea about presets, offer them mostly as starting point

Maybe i can found a workaround ..huummm...

FINALLY! I figured it out. I wasn't putting them in the faves file correctly. Now that I have remedied this, I am ready for more presets, lol! Thanks Lyle and PC, btw...

Yes, PC, I understand that the current method of storing presets isn't a friendly process, so I want to express my deep appreciation for sharing them with us. That is mightily gracious of you.

Yes it is thanks PC!
I have a question though, do you put them in a file (created by you in apps), named "gimp.faves" or "gmic.faves"

Just wanted to clear that up with other readers who might see this and wonder where is my file?

.gmic_faves

and no blank lines in between presets

Right
Mahvin you may get a new preset by a preset but just once for each

first back up the .gmic_faves file
then load , and finetune the preset till happy
APPLY
and then duble click on the preset it will open a field on top where RENAME the preset

This will overwrite the older even if has a different name
but for this you did the back up!
now is just copy and paste to merge

Thanks Mahvin! =)
This is great.

OPSS i forgot to add this

But i like is quite delicate

The idea was simulate High Key BW, very sofltly
(once some photographer smear vaseline on the lens or fog the lens for smoother images )

May be handy for soft high key portaits



OPPSS so late, had to go now

Pefect

Thank Rod
could you please lock the older topic on PhotoComix Graphic Boost II ?

"Graphic Novel Fx" is the new " PhotoComix Graphic Boost II" include all previous effects something new and several fixes .

If somebody really wish he could still use the old version (and the OLD preset):
it is not hard i may even explain the details but i can see much reasons to do it

About " PhotoComix Graphic Boost" should be now be included in Gmic but with a shortened name "Graphic Boost".
Also for that i plan a new version very soon
(and again when i will post a update of Graphic Boost i will give a code compatible with the older version

I actually have been using the older filter with presets (not all work, though) for testing purposes. So, there may be other uses other than people unwittingly using an older non-supported version. I wanted to clarify this before you shut the door on the thread.

Mahvin you think that adding a how to would help ?

I am not deleting old versions but they would be soon or later automatically overwritten by Filter Refresh

To avoid that the filter to preserve should be copied , slightly modified

I'm thinking a "How To" on all aspects of user-made G'MIC filters starting from where zonderr leaves off, because just yesterday I was struggling with faves presets, and I consider myself an intermediate user.

The door on how to make your own has been opened, thanks to zonderr, now someone should eclipse it with all the follow-ups that come after (e.g. adding the filters to .gmic file, adding presets to .gmic_fave). Currently, there isn't a static page that offers this, unless I have overlooked it being mentioned somewhere.

Mahvin you think that adding a how to would help ?

I am not deleting old versions but they would be soon or later automatically overwritten by Filter Refresh

To avoid that the filter to preserve should be copied in your .gmic file
This would work with the filter i did, because at every update i slightly change the filter command name to avoid conflict with other versions

But for the other filters some renaming should be needed:
2 filters can't have same name, for name is not relevant the name used in the filter list but count the name of the filter as in first line of the code

#########HERE#THE#FILTER###############################

#@gimp Contrast Swiss Mask : gimp_contrast_swm2 , gimp_contrast_swm2_preview(0)
#@gimp : sep = separator ()
#@gimp : Blur the mask = float(2,0.5,10)
#@gimp : sep = separator ()
#@gimp : note = note ("Contrast Mask need the negative of the mask")
#@gimp : SKIP to use the mask to boost = bool(false)
#@gimp : note = note ("Uncheck for Contrast Mask,Check for Contrast Boost")
#@gimp : sep = separator ()
#@gimp : note = note("Merge the Mask")
#@gimp : Intensity = float (1,0,1)
#@gimp : sep = separator ()
#@gimp : Preview type = choice("Full","Forward horizontal","Forward vertical","Backward horizontal","Backward vertical")
#@gimp : sep = separator(), note = note("<small>Author : <i>PhotoComiX</i>. Last update : <i>2010/12/26</i>.</small>")
#@gimp : note = link("Filter explained here","http://www.gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=864")

gimp_contrast_swm2 :
-repeat @# -l[$>] -split_opacity -l[0]
--luminance -to_rgb
-blur_xy[1] $1,$1
-if {$2==0} -negative[1] -elif {$2==1} -gimp_do_nothing -endif
-reverse[-2,-1] -gimp_compose_hardlight[-2,-1] $3
-endl -a c -endl -done

gimp_contrast_swm2_preview :

-gimp_split_preview "-gimp_contrast_swm2 ${1--2}",$-1

###########END#############

you see in bold "gimp_contrast_swm2" is the name that should be changed, to not conflict
as example just delete a letter will work, as replacing ALL gimp_contrast_swm2 with gimp_contrast_sm2

the prefix "-gimp_" is compulsory don't change but only what after

And then if you change the filter name you should do same correction on his preset in the parenthesys 3 and 4
{GN- CHIAROSCURO}{Graphic Novel FX}{gimp_photocomix_booost2}{gimp_photocomix_booost2}{1}{4.36364}{10.4727}{5}{20}{0.12}{14}{0}{0.54}{2.9}{9}{0}{0.93}{1}{0.5}{0.54}{0.78}

Again all this renaming is not needed for Photocomix Graphic Boost 1 or 2 and for the other filter i did (if you installed the versions i posted here), in that cases you may just add the code in the .gmic file

Sorry for the confusion, I meant a How To specifically for what follows AFTER a new user-made G'MIC filter is created, and how to add any presets to the .gmic_faves. Yesterday, even I wasn't understanding how presets were to be handled and I didn't find any documentation on G'MIC to explain it. I am not referring to a How To for handling older (or outdated) user-made G'MIC filters, such as the one you mention above.

I was just stating that I was using the older filters to test presets with. As you mentioned above, some are outdated and cannot be used, because of changes to G'MIC. But I am testing the older presets with the newer filter, like in this case, Graphic Novel FX.