Gimp Tools

Animation Tools

mirror-layers

Copies the visible layers to an inverted stack atop the current stack. Its purpose is to create the layers corresponding to the "return" in an animation. The layers at both ends are not copied. For instance, if the visible layers are:

E

D

C

B

A

running the script will produce:

Copy of B

Copy of C

Copy of D

E

D

C

B

A

The script appears in the menus as Image/Mirror layers and has no parameters.

interleave-layers

This script is replaced by ofn-interleave-layers that you will find in the downloads section. The .ZIP contains a HTML documentation.

Python support

These scripts are all written in Python and therefore your Gimp installation must have Python support. You have Python support installed if you have a "Python-fu" item at the bottom of your Filters menu, which should be the case if you run Gimp 2.8.

Installation

The plugins are best installed in your Gimp profile (see below).

1. If necessary, restore the extension of the file to ".py" (some over-cautious downloaders can rename the file to ".py.txt")
2. Copy the downloaded .py file to the "plugins" subdirectory of the Gimp profile.
3. On Linux, OSX, and other Unixen, set the "executable" flag on the python file.

The Gimp profile directory

This directory is the root of a tree where Gimp keeps your settings. To locate the Gimp profile directory:

• Start the Python-fu console: "Filters/Python-fu/Console"
• Enter "print gimp.directory" (without the quotes)
• What prints out is the Gimp profile directory