'Extrude from Path' Rel2.4 [OK for 2-10 & 2-8]

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:01 am **(#1)**

Extrudes a 3d image from the active path with a choice of color or gradient for the extrusion and color for the moment for the end cap, there are also settings for a drop-shadow and the extrusion direction,now also has an optional Fadeout effect.
Note! FreeType is an excellent plugin for creating paths from text or dingbats and is available here FreeType

Menu location is Script-Fu/Paths

; Rel 0.02 - Fix to prohibit pre 2-8-14 Gimps attempting to set brush or brush-size

; Rel 0.2.1 - Added menu item Cap Type, added a brush-spacing adjustment

; Rel 0.2.2 - Added an optional Fadeout effect

; Rel 0.2.3 - Added the option to fill the cap layer with the top color from gradient

; Rel 0.2.4↓ - Bugfix 'typo in selecting color from gradient for Cap'

Attachment:

Extrude from Path.scm [14.99 KiB]
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Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:19 am **(#2)**

Graechan wrote:

Extrudes a 3d image from the active path with a choice of color or gradient for the extrusion and color for the moment for the end cap, there are also settings for a drop-shadow
[ Image ]
[ Image ]
Menu location is Script-Fu/Paths

Attachment:

Extrude from Path.scm

This looks fabulous!
Thanks Graechan! :jumpclap

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:43 am **(#3)**

Thankx Wallace hope you enjoy it there is also a setting for the extrusion direction

the path for the image above was created with the Freetype plugin

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:17 am **(#4)**

Graechan - that is terrific; just right to celebrate with re football!

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:19 am **(#5)**

Conbagui maybe you can find a use for it in one of your fantastic tutorials
and that is sure one hell of a creation Oldmangrumpy

SysTemX · **Joined:** Dec 08, 2013 **Posts:** 1088

Graechan, very cool :bigthup

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Graechan wrote:

Thankx Wallace hope you enjoy it there is also a setting for the extrusion direction
[ Image ]
the path for the image above was created with the Freetype plugin

Very nice Graechan, thank you. :bigthup

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:22 am **(#8)**

Thanks Molly, try not to break it will you

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

You are so mean :bawl

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:22 am **(#10)**

Just saw this, Cool
Graechan and Molly, you two at it again!

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

That is what you call true love Sallyanne: :teeth

BTW... your results are very nice.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:27 am **(#12)**

Thanks Molly. I only used default setting. Changed the font in both and colour of cap in the second

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Ok, thanks, so that font already has the design on it?

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:41 am **(#14)**

molly wrote:

Ok, thanks, so that font already has the design on it?

Yes, it is Saphire Sativa
here are a couple brushes, oops better attach them :oops:

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:51 am **(#15)**

black and white clip art

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thanks for the font sallyanne.

Marcello · **Joined:** Mar 10, 2014 **Posts:** 845

Thank you for the excellent script and for the suggestion of FreeType.exe
my first test

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16136

Nicely done Graechan! Works excellent.

Font is .AR Darling comes with windows 7. I used FreeType at size 245 pixels.

Settings

This took about 2 minutes to render and the file size was over a gig.

Added Rodilius

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:51 pm **(#19)**

Rod your image should not take 2 mins to render and the size was only 82.2 KBs some thing is wrong

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16136

Graechan wrote:

Rod your image should not take 2 mins to render and the size was only 82.2 KBs some thing is wrong

The image as stored in memory was over 1 gig until i saved it as xcf.

It did take about 2 minutes to render though. (4 gigs RAM)