The author explained in the first post - I can't do better

It was not explained in the first post about the pack filter within GEGL Layer Effects. All I saw was an example of how the stroke filter is used.

Can someone show me a working screenshot of GEGL Effects on Windows and Mac. I'd love to see it running there.

I don't have anyway to run Win or Mac so i'd appreciate if someone confirmed it can work on those OS's

As a windows user, without the screenshot, I can say that GEGL Effects, works. You just have to play with the settings.

Here's my example:

I think this is for examples of this type (text or image with transparency + settings)

I didn't try the text, just an image.

gegl effects got a minor update to fix a bug that puts the shadow over the text.
It locks stroke's opacity at 1.

You can manually fix it by setting stroke's opacity at 1 instead of 1.5 or 2.


Second, Gegl:Stroke and gegl:bevel no longer have github repos of there own. They are now part of gegl:effects repo. If you install gegl:effects you will have gegl:stroke and gegl:bevel included. Which alone are high quality filters. Especially gegl:bevel which is far more advance then the single bevel setting inside gegl:effects.

GEGL Effects is getting an update that will allow an image file overlay. It is linked from your machine like this.




# ADD IMAGE FILE HERE.
svg:src-atop aux=[gegl:layer src=/home/contrast/Pictures/Magic/pattern_fills/pattern_plaid-pattern-2_1_4_0-0_0_1__fa99bb_f7c7ff.png] ,

The update is done. GEGL Effects now supports optional image file overlays.

You have to replace

/home/username/pictures/image.png

with an actual path to a file from your computer.

Wouldn't it be better to add AUX dialogue (instead of laboriously typing the path)?

On Linux ctrl c copies the path. Maybe it does on Windows too. Windows might have a copy path location.


I don't know how to add an aux pad so I did the raw operation for the aux pad in mini gegl graph instead.

I thought what You implemented was more difficult...
Eeeeeek
New version for Gimp-2.10.30 Win 64 Bit attached.
Place the files (6) in Gegl plugins in a directory: ... \lib\gegl-0.4\
(overwrite all older files).

In menu:
Tools➤GEGL Operation➤GEGL Effects

and also:

➤Bevel
➤Image file overlay with GEGL
➤Multiply depth
➤Multiplied Color-Overlay
➤Stroke

Edit: Update in post #57

This filter got a bug fix that prevents the empty image layer from saying "no file"

New version for Gimp-2.10.30 Win 64 Bit attached.

Edit: Update in post #57

This works a lot better. Thanks, MareroQ!

GEGL Effects had a major update. Its image upload now has a browse button and the annoying grpah with image.so/dll is removed.

Thanks for the update - now the filter is very professional.

Update2 version for Gimp-2.10.30 Win 64 bit in attachment.
In menu: Tools➤GEGL Operation➤GEGL Effects

Place the files(5) in Gegl plugins in a directory:
[locally] C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gegl-0.4\
or
[global] C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Local\gegl-0.4\plug-ins\
You can keep files in a subdirectory (thanks to the Rich2005 tip)

Edit: Old attachment removed - new version in post #57.

I could add a gradient with a checkbox to enable and disable it but it will not be able to do on canvas movements. You will control the gradient with an x y slider. Gimp has a white list of filters which are permitted to do on canvas things and the only way to bypass that is to rebuild gimp.

Here is my try after the installation.