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July 22, 2009 - 18:15 — Themroc

This little plugin makes an animation that looks like a flag fluttering
in the wind from any given (single layer) image. This one requires gimp with perl-support.

http://www.69b.org/cms/software/gimp#flag-waving

Example:

Flag-waving plugin example

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August 15, 2011 - 02:13 — gtr

any updates on this plugin?

I tried to install this under Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 and can't get it working.
Kinda linux beginner, but I understand the concept and terminal to a certain degree.
Some kind of guide could be written.
First of all, libgimp-perl doesn't exist in Ubuntu repos, supposedly it's replaced by gimp.
Installed that. This also installed libgtk2-perl, so I assume this is perl capable gimp.
I copied the file flag-waving (unpacked) to ~/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins
file's properties -rwxrwxrwx, I'm the owner.
When I start gimp, there runs a flag-wave text under the splash screen when loading gimp, but after that there is no flag-wave in Filter>Animation, I can't find flag* in Help>Plug-in Browser.
Is there any secret to activate this, or is this plugin simply obsolete and would need to be updated to work properly?

August 15, 2011 - 05:59 — MareroQ

Try deb package

For me (ubuntu 11.04) it works (although the errors are of the old procedures) after installing deb packages libgimp-perl (2.2 2.0.dfsg pre1.dfsg-5)
http://packages.debian.org/pl/lenny/libgimp-perl

August 15, 2011 - 22:34 — gtr

works

installed the package and it works now, although gimp gives lot of error messages when processing an image with this plugin.
thank you

August 17, 2011 - 18:30 — Themroc

Error messages

Please post those messages here (or PM them). Maybe i can fix it.

May 28, 2010 - 00:08 — amaz

Question

Is it possible to install on Windows... kind of stumped, and I apologize, for I am quite new to this

May 28, 2010 - 04:43 — Themroc

U're welcome...

... no need to apologize. Unfortunately, it looks like the gimp-perl support never got ported to windoze. There were some efforts, but to my knowledge nothing came out of 'em. Lookee here http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-developer@scam.xcf.berkeley.edu/msg0387... and here http://marc.info/?l=gimp-developer&m=104224747001871&w=2.

Sometime, somewhere though i think i remember reading that it actually is possible, but try to find that website again.... One vital prerequisite at least is available nowadays (http://code.google.com/p/camelbox/), so it seems doable without too much work.

Greetings

May 28, 2010 - 05:33 — amaz

So will this plugin work...

That is, if I download from that link on the last paragraph above

Also, thanks for the quick reply

May 28, 2010 - 06:20 — Themroc

Sorry, no...

that is just one step towards a gimp-perl for windows. GTK-perl is a substantial step, but its not enaugh to run perl plugins on gimp for windows. For now, you could try some emulator (like vmware) to run a small linux on your windows box, switch to linux (perhaps not a good advice for a newbe), hire someone to convert perl plugins (like this one) to python or (even better) hire someone to do this sh...iny little gimp-perl support for windows. There are several people out there who want this, so maybe you could pool your cash to pay a programmer, here http://nextsprocket.com/ for instance.

hth

May 28, 2010 - 07:27 — amaz

Quite alright

Thanks anyway though...

August 10, 2009 - 03:06 — Anonymous

What is Perl?

Is it a program I have to download in order to be able to use this plug-in? If it is something that has to be downloaded can someone post the link(s) where it can be downloaded from? Or does Gimp 2.6 already have it? I like the effect by the way :)
August 11, 2009 - 15:58 — schumaml

Perl is a programming

Perl is a programming language.

If you're using a platform where it is usable within GIMP, you probably already have it installed. On other platforms, it will be considerably harder.

August 15, 2009 - 03:17 — Anonymous

How the plugin should be installed?

I'm linux (ubuntu) and I drag the plugin file into the scripts folder but doesn't run. How should I install the plugin please?
August 15, 2009 - 11:13 — PhotoComiX

How the plugin should be installed

First the plugin should go with plulgin not with script, so in a plugin folder. But then this plugin require Perl so you should have Perl installed Now... i never used Perl scripts so i have no idea if that suffice...anyway in the plugin's comment there is a link for a dedicated page, there should be explained what is needed to install it
August 22, 2009 - 13:34 — Anonymous

How the plugin should be installed

I can't make heads or tails of this. All I want to do is create a waving flag. Please reply with the steps as if you were talking to a 6-yr. old. Thanks
August 22, 2009 - 18:58 — Themroc

Step-by-step

Ok, lets try it... This should work for Debian and derivates (like Ubuntu):

 

1. Open a terminal window (a.k.a. "terminal emulator", something like konsole, xterm, eterm, ...) 

 

2. Type

su - 

 

3. Enter root password

 

4. Type

apt-get install wget libgimp-perl p7zip-full
exit
cd /tmp
wget http://69b.org/web69/dl/gimp-flag-waving.7z
cd
ls -d .gimp*

Now you should see a list of gimp versions that you have used. The highest Number is what you need:

 

5. Type

cd .gimp-x.y/plug-ins   (where x.y is to be replaced by your version)
7z e /tmp/gimp-flag-waving.7z
chmod a+x flag-waving

 

6. If gimp is already running, stop it.

 

7. Start gimp

 

8. Open an image

 

9. Click Filters/Animation/Flag waving...

 

Hope That Helps!

September 17, 2009 - 18:31 — Anonymous

Lois

It doesn't run in Ubuntu at least.
September 20, 2009 - 15:51 — Themroc

Why not?

Without any details nobody can help.
September 21, 2009 - 18:40 — Anonymous

Lois

Sorry about my last post, I follow all the steps and then the script runs in Ubuntu 8.04. A lot of thanks.
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