Alternative script to Flaming Pear Solidify filter

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

I've coded another "solidify" alternative in the G'MIC plug-in for GIMP.
Maybe a comparison with the RobA script would be interesting.
More infos at : http://www.flickr.com/groups/gmic/discu ... 584600604/

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

Left you a note already David (at Flickr). As there, won't share a result yet, but can say I like the new options. Also, as I mentioned there @ Flickr, I hope these guys figure what's wrong with their links.

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

about last question i believe is just the bplaced.net server having quirks, hopefully temporary

Erisian · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 12:28 pm **(#64)**

I had that problem with links first time but tried again successfully. The filter is pretty good (it always was but is now much better.) Is it my imagination or does it take longer to render?

ZWard117 · **Joined:** Jan 20, 2012 **Posts:** 583

At least you guys can get one to load. I can't get any of the sets to load. They erased themselves today and I can't seem to get them back (again). Is it something with GMIC and Win7?

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

Erisian wrote:

I had that problem with links first time but tried again successfully. The filter is pretty good (it always was but is now much better.) Is it my imagination or does it take longer to render?

Just tried to refresh; it indeed worked Erisian. Must have been a 5 minute blip and I was at the wrong place at, unfortunately, the right time. lol

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16029

They all refreshed nicely for me this time also.

Thanks David.

gramp · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 4:05 pm **(#68)**

gramp wrote:

Thanks for a ready-made solution waiting for me to need it.

I think I can make this work if, after bleeding the edge out into transparency, a layer mask exactly the shape of the bleed area's "ring" can be created with a gradient running WHITE->BLACK inside out.

However, this feels like deja vu: seems like I've died before trying to create such a "radial" gradient with a non-circular ring.

DragonLady · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2013 **Posts:** 3

Hi everyone!

I'm sorry to bump an old topic. I'm brand new to using Gimp, and found this topic looking for an alternative to the solidify filter. I don't have Photoshop anymore, and can't make the filter work in Gimp.

I've installed the plugin from the OP, but can't make it work. I get an error telling me it can't make a layer copy, no matter which layer I'm on.

I need to be able to fill the transparent areas, because I make clothing for Second Life, and the seams never match up -there are always big gaps around them where the avatar skin shows through. The solidify filter is the only thing I know of that fixes the issue.

I also installed gmic program, but I don't know how to add a script to it?

If anyone can help, I'd sure appreciate it, so thanks in advance.

DragonLady · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2013 **Posts:** 3

Here's the error I keep getting:

Error while executing filltrans:

Error: ( : 1) Procedure execution of gimp-layer-copy failed on invalid input arguments: Procedure 'gimp-layer-copy' has been called with an invalid ID for argument 'layer'. Most likely a plug-in is trying to work on a layer that doesn't exist any longer

Even when I've merged the layers, I still get the same error.

fluffybunny · **Posted:** Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:10 pm **(#71)**

Hi DragonLady.
I had never run this script prior to reading about your problem. So I tried it and it works without error for me.
I have looked into the code, and there is only one place this error could be coming from.
This error will occur if there is no 'Active' layer prior to running the script.
Make sure you have clicked the layer that you want to run the script on prior running the script.
I could reproduce this error by having a channel selected rather than a layer.
Perhaps give that a try and let me know the outcome.
If you are still having trouble, post your .xcf file for us to have a look at.
(As a new member, you will be able to post links and attachments in messages after you have made 5 posts. (I think!))
Oh, welcome by the way, happy to have you aboard.

DragonLady · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2013 **Posts:** 3

Thanks, fluffybunny.

I just finally made it work for me. I exported the image as a .png then ran the filter. It worked perfectly, and when I uploaded the finished shirt there were no gaps.

I'm happy! Later, I'll try again with an unmerged file, and make sure I'm using an active layer. I do believe I was, but will double check. Either way, if it works on the .png export, that is good enough.

I'm sure I'll be back.... I loved Photoshop, but I can't justify the cost, but Gimp is a whole new learning curve. Thank goodness for communities like this one.

Kimba · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:51 pm **(#73)**

Has anyone any idea what happened to this script. Is a version still in gmic. I can't seem to find it.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

Created a thread for you Kimba at discuss forum. I'm interested as well to what happened to G'MIC solidify preset.

https://discuss.pixls.us/t/whatever-hap ... eset/523/1

dinasset · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:01 am **(#75)**

I didn't remember how nice can be the results of FILLTRANS

excellent filter RobA!

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Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

The solidify has been split into two filters :

Repair / Inpaint [gaussian]
and
Repair / Inpaint [morphological]

The initial solidify algorithm was a bit buggy. Sorry about that.

David.

Kimba · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 2:19 am **(#77)**

Ahh, well I found the scm filter from RobA. It will do.

Issabella · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:14 am **(#78)**

I also want to thank RobA for his filter producing such wonderful results.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16029

Robs bleed transparency filter is definitely very useful.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

Ronounours wrote:

The solidify has been split into two filters :

Repair / Inpaint [gaussian]
and
Repair / Inpaint [morphological]

The initial solidify algorithm was a bit buggy. Sorry about that.

David.

Had no idea; thanks David. The Gausian version is both quicker and comes the closest to giving the solidfy result (but you have to do a few extra steps such as duplicate or threshold alpha to make it solid). Thanks for the info.