1. Script Fu Shane For Gimp

The following tutorial was written back in 2000 and newer versions of Gimp might not fully support the examples given here. Bug reports can be submitted to the Script-fu Tutorial Table of Content • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Preface The following tutorial is written for The Gimp 1.1.24. Writing GIMP Scripts and Plug-Ins Notes. Notes on GIMP Scripting is a cheat-sheet with information on how to get started. It summarizes the information in my GIMP scripting talks, with extra information that doesn't fit in a short talk.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create automatically an animated gif with a gimp script fu.

Gimp is a free picture editing software. It is very powerfull and has a script support.You can download it at http://www.gimp.org

When creating a custom garmin vehicle, you have to create 37 pictures of your vehicle (36 pictures with your spinning vehicle and 1 for the view of your vehicle from the top)

Here, we just want to compose an animated gif with the 36 PNG pictures, like this :

1. Download and install the provided script (see download at the end of the article)
2. In order to install a script fu for gimp on MAC, copy the .scm file into /users/”your username”/library/Application Support/Gimp/scripts/
3. Then, launch Gimp software.
4. Normally, you will find a new menu called “Batch”, here you will find your program : Garmin Vehicle Gif Animation. Click on it.
5. Select the folder where you have generated your 36 pictures on PNG format.
6. Select your picture’s name : For example, if you recorded my_car0.png, my_car1.png, my_car2.png….my_car35.png : write my_car
7. Click on validate.

This will normally generate a file my_car.gif with your spinning vehicle.

This script is very usefull to preview your spinning vehicle !

Enjoy!

Download animated gif script fu for gimp

Script Fu Shane For Gimp