I have a real mess now, I went by your steps I think. I unzipped them and then tried to import them from there, I made the contours folder but nothing is in there so I tried again and now I got 4 folders. I tried to get rid of them to start over but I can't delete them.

you can delete your Presets under 'Manage Settings' (thats below import and export)

it seems you cant import a whole folder, you have to import each preset on its own

Esper & Draconian, very good posts!
Thx!

Is that what you did Esper? one at a time into the same contour folder, I tried that and every time I want to do another one it wants me to name a folder for it and then it makes a new folder.

no idea molly,
i import curves twice in my gimp history, once for Draconian's chrome curves and the second time, today when i tried to assist you with installing the curves

its actually not required to add them to your presets, you could always import them, but i admit thats not very convenient

EDIT: wait, you put it in you user/curves folder
thats one folder for all your curves
i guess you have Drac's metal curves ? well then put it in the same folder

Ok, thanks. Well maybe I will ponder some more then.

Even when I add one, when I click the contour folder, there is nothing there. I can add them into my user Gimp-2.8.2 curves folder and they show up but then what good are they when they are not named,

@ Esper
thank for the curves i i grabbed them all, trying now something ...




No no any advantage here because there is no any difference:
you may edit/translate the location of a python script exactly in the same way. as for script-fu

Just open a py script, you will usually find the "register block " in the same position expected for a script fu , and edit it exactly in the same way

It is the same even for plugins ...but then would be needed recompile the plugins to apply the changes )


As you wrote personalize that is trivial , personally i found Layer menu/Layer Effects the the most adapt location



I believe the preview on/off function only implemented in the python script , because script fu can't give any sort of preview
i found preview always useful , the more accurate the more useful



As gmic script would be perfect !!

Also because with the last changes Gmic may create also new Layer Effects that would be impossible in gimp ,( because the less blending modes available in gimp)
I really don't want put my mind in coding now (i should do soon to update my gmic filter but i don't want promise more ) BUT i may try something that may be coded, i mean find the manual steps to automatize.

Did you already requested here viewforum.php?f=28 or in the flickr gmic group ?

PS
About edit menu location :
Respect most script edit Layer Effects is a pain and must be done more carefully because is not 1 script but a dozen of scripts ... and this multiply x 12 the possibilities of typo or other errors

Here 1 example help this a py script to add transparency support to all layers
###########################################

from gimpfu import *

def py_add_alpha(img, drawable):
pdb.gimp_image_undo_group_start(img)
layerlist = img.layers

for l in layerlist:
if not l.has_alpha:
pdb.gimp_layer_add_alpha(l)
pdb.gimp_image_undo_group_end(img)

register(
"py_add_alpha",
"Add alpha on all layers",
"Add alpha on all layers",
"dd",
"dd",
"2011",
"<Image>/Layer/Transparency/Alpha to all...",
"RGB*, GRAY*",
[],
[],
py_add_alpha)

main()


The part in red is self explanatory, i highlighted the last line because , as for script fu the most commune error after the edit
is the last line , word or parentheses of the original script that ended MIA (Missed In Action )

i dont do this anymore...
it was one of my obsessions to edit scripts - i now use the scripts as they come

and the python layerfx is better than the scm - i think i dont even have the layerfx-scm installed anymore

I guess it is a matter of personal choice. Everyone has their own favorite scripts, plug-ins etc.

yes
but in gmic , with a better preview and possible additional effects,( for the more layer mode supported )will be more easy to control and personalize

well who could do this ?

Who ?
who likes the idea if has time :
there are several authors of gmic filters that monitor more or less often the GC gmic board (and more often the flick gmic group )
Instead look improbable that they will never notice this messages here because have no the name " gmic "included the topic title neither were submitted in the Board dedicated to gmic

i don't use often layer effect for my own work so i may think a gmic version would be cool , but i have almost no personal interest in it

And , just to clear I, call myself out to realize something similar because i already have to update a lot of filters to new gmic functions i am already late to and after that i already have a too long of list of other things to finish

Mine was only a idea but not one i intend work on personally