Gimp Filters

[TrevorB]

Gimp 2.10.18, Linux Mint 20.3 Mate,
Does any one know if the Filter, "Leon Reset Background to White" is still available, i found it a very use full tool for converting PDF's texts backgrounds to white, i used a few years ago but cant find now to reinstall ??

[rich2005]

Does that mean you have lost it sometime and cannot find a download source?  It comes from the defunct gimp-registry site

There is an archive here: https://github.com/pixlsus/registry.gimp....org/files

and to save any mix-up leon-paper-white_0.scm is attached.  I think that is the one you want.

Un-zip it Put it in your scripts folder ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/scripts/ Registers in the Filters Menu under Leon

I have tried it and it certainly does something.

   

A more modern alternative is the gimp_gmic_qt plugin http://www.gmic.eu Hundreds of filters in a single plugin but the one to use is Repair -> Repair Scanned Document

[TrevorB]

(03-01-2023, 12:53 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Does that mean you have lost it sometime and cannot find a download source?  It comes from the defunct gimp-registry site

There is an archive here: https://github.com/pixlsus/registry.gimp....org/files

and to save any mix-up leon-paper-white_0.scm is attached.  I think that is the one you want.

Un-zip it Put it in your scripts folder ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/scripts/ Registers in the Filters Menu under Leon

I have tried it and it certainly does something.



A more modern alternative is the gimp_gmic_qt plugin http://www.gmic.eu Hundreds of filters in a single plugin but the one to use is Repair -> Repair Scanned Document

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No i have not lost it, i have
leon-paper-white_0.scm
and
leon-paper-white.scm
in /home/trevor/.config/GIMP/2.10/scripts
in Gimp -->Filters/Leon/ both files are shown greyed out, and of course do not work...
After fix or not fix, i will try your "more modern alternative"
Thank you "rich2005" for your prompt reply.
Trevor

[rich2005]

I wish you gave all the info first time round.

There is a good chance that the image is indexed. Sometimes a PDF will come from a 'fax' type tiff file .

Check the top of Gimp and if it says indexed then Image -> Mode -> RGB

If greyscale then the script brings up an error message (at least that is what happens here)

edit: What to look for.

   

[TrevorB]

(03-01-2023, 12:53 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Does that mean you have lost it sometime and cannot find a download source?  It comes from the defunct gimp-registry site

There is an archive here: https://github.com/pixlsus/registry.gimp....org/files

and to save any mix-up leon-paper-white_0.scm is attached.  I think that is the one you want.

Un-zip it Put it in your scripts folder ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/scripts/ Registers in the Filters Menu under Leon

I have tried it and it certainly does something.



A more modern alternative is the gimp_gmic_qt plugin http://www.gmic.eu Hundreds of filters in a single plugin but the one to use is Repair -> Repair Scanned Document

All works now, but i don't know why?
Thanks rich2005