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SCRIPT-FU plugin for the GIMP
(C) July 2000 by Roland Berger
Last update: 01JUNE2001
What it does:
It generates an animation from a text layer as shown
in the headline. The effect looks like a laser, burning the text into the
background.
The animation can be saved as animated GIF afterwards.
It is intended to be used on websites.
Have a look at the demos below. Click the images
to load the full animation!
How to use:
The script works on a two-layer-image:
text layer as foreground (with a transparency mask) and one solid background
layer.
Call the plugin from the image's
menu structure:
/ Script-Fu / Animators /
Burn-In.
I suggest to use the defaults on the first run.
Try an image size of 500x100 pixel. All parameters are in pixel.
Please note that you do not necessarily need
a text layer as foreground!
Using special layer build-up, you can produce
very nice effects like in the example below.
It is also nice to use rotation before and/or
after the generation of the animation. Everything is possible!
Download:
Just save the appropriate script:
Comments are welcome!
If you like the plugin, please drop me a mial: roland@fuchur.leute.server.de.NOSPAM">
(gerne auch auf Deutsch).
Installation on Linux systems:
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Put the file in your personal $HOME/.gimp-1.2/scripts/
directory
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or (as ROOT) in a systemwide directory like
/usr/local/share/gimp/1.2/scripts/
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call the GIMP menu entry: /
XTNS / Script-FU / Refresh
or restart
the GIMP
Installation on Windows:
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Put the file in the GIMP's script/
directory located somewhere
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call the GIMP menu entry: XTNS/Script/Refresh
or
restart windows
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Please consider the note from www.gimp.org:
"The base GIMP code should be relatively bug-free. The Windows code without
doubt has bugs, though."
Clickable Demos:
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Standard usage on a text with a solid
black background |
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A very large script font |
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Without fadeout on the bazaronite font |
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Without fadeout (and without text!) |
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Same with fadeout |
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Text and shaddow are one layer |
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Dreams become true ;-) |
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SFX with a special layer build-up. Here is the xcf-file.
Very complex effects are possible! |
Some hints to keep the animations small:
In most cases, it makes no sense to put an
impressive but too large (>50KB) file in the head of your page. BTW - here
is the *.xcf source of my headline. It's only
14KB!
Not everything may suit your purposes:
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do not use fadeout. It multiplies the size!
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keep "fadeout width" small
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keep "corona width"small
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keep "after glow" small
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use less frames and/or
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keep the image size small
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