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GIMP-Plug-In
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Written by Daniel Cotting
Bahnhofstrasse 31
CH-3066 Stettlen (Switzerland)
cotting@mygale.org
www.mygale.org/~cotting
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Some code is taken out of other plug-ins
written by other authors.
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INSTALLATION
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To install it, you have to edit the Make-
file (change install-path). Afterwards run
'make'. This will compile and install the
plug-in in the right directory. Once the
new code is installed, you can run the GIMP
and enjoy the new functions and effects it
provides.
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COLOR-CYCLING SCRIPT
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This version of the alienmap plug-in inclu-
des a script for color cycling animations.
It is recommended to start the alienmap
plug-in, to fiddle about with the parame-
ters until you have found optimal start va-
lues. Then put these values in the appro-
priate edit fields in the animation dialog.
Now you can change the values in the alien-
map plug-in to find interesting end values.
After you have inserted these new values in
the corresponding fields of the animation
script, you can start the calculation of
the animation. The script will create a new
picture with a layer for each animation
frame. With each new frame the start values
will gradually turn into the specified end
values, creating an amazing effect of color
cycling.
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REDUCE CODE SIZE
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If you find that the plug-in binary is
too big, you can compress the executables
with the gzexe program (if it is avaiable
on your system). To do so, change to the
plug-in directory of the GIMP...
cd /usr/local/lib/gimp/VERSION/plug-ins
...and execute the command...
gzexe PLUGIN_NAME
...and remember to remove the uncompres-
sed binary, which has been renamed to
PLUGIN_NAME~, by running the command:
rm PLUGIN_NAME~
This will result in a code size of about
20 kB, which isn't too much IMHO.
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FEEDBACK
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I'm interested in any feedback, comments,
bug-reports, suggestions etc. If you have
anything you would like to tell me, you
can write to cotting@mygale.org.
Also have a look at the GIMP-section of
my homepage at www.mygale.org/~cotting.
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Thank you and happy GIMPing!
Daniel Cotting
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