Gimp Script - Batch convert to pattern

[RobA]

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Attached is a script to batch convert a directory of images (you pick the type - jpg, png, gif, bmp) to gimp patterns. The default save location is the user pattern directory (on xp it is c:\Documents and Settings\<User>\.gimp2.x\patterns\). You can specify a prefix for the pattern names so they will be grouped together in the pattern menu. They get named <prefix>-filename_without_the_extension.

Unzip and save the script in your script directory, then refresh scripts, or restart gimp.

In gimp 2.4 it should end up under the toolbox menu "Xtns->Batch Convert to Patterns...". With Gimp 2.6 it seems to end up under "Filters->Batch Convert to Patterns..."

-Rob A>

[heathan666]

You are the shiznit man, will you be my friend, we can make maps together, you can play in my D&D games and I'll even give you auto 20 as a free ability....lol.
Will this automatically save the pattern in your gimp directory??? I mean next time I log will those patterns still be there?

[xv43]

I just pointed gimp to the directory where I had my patterns stored as .png files and it seems able to pull them up fine.

Am I missing something?

[jfrazierjr]

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Attached is a script to batch convert a directory of images (you pick the type - jpg, png, gif, bmp) to gimp patterns. The default save location is the user pattern directory (on xp it is c:\Documents and Settings\<User>\.gimp2.x\patterns\). You can specify a prefix for the pattern names so they will be grouped together in the pattern menu. They get named <prefix>-filename_without_the_extension.

Unzip and save the script in your script directory, then refresh scripts, or restart gimp.

In gimp 2.4 it should end up under the toolbox menu "Xtns->Batch Convert to Patterns...". With Gimp 2.6 it seems to end up under "Filters->Batch Convert to Patterns..."

-Rob A>

I have not taken a look at this yet.... Does it make them seamless?

[RobA]

No.... but I could throw that in...though the default gimp "make seamless" is really inclined to artifacts....

Maybe I should implement Redrobe's seamless algorithm as a gimp script and allow it as an option (since I already wrote the high pass filter script...)

-Rob A>

[jfrazierjr]

No.... but I could throw that in...though the default gimp "make seamless" is really inclined to artifacts....

Maybe I should implement Redrobe's seamless algorithm as a gimp script and allow it as an option (since I already wrote the high pass filter script...)

-Rob A>

That might be cool. I have spent the past several hours making seamless some textures I grabbed from cgtextures, and what a pain in the butt...

[Torq]

This was probably my single biggest headache with Gimp. Now the pain is gone. Thanks Rob I owe you.

Torq

[heathan666]

that worked really well I scripted all my textures in there no problem. bam.

[RobA]

Glad it was useful!

-Rob A>

[RobA]

Well this was fricken' useless, as PhotoComix points out GIMP supports jpg,png,bmp,gif and tiff as pattern fills if they are in a pattern directory!

(doh!)

-Rob A>