Scripting help at my new job

[Deathharmonicon]

So I’ve dabbled in scripting before but am not super well versed in it. However, I just took on a position at my job doing image editing for our online webstore. I’m able to do it easy enough in GIMP, but it’s doing the same edit over and over and I know that there has to be a way to script it so that I can do so more efficiently, I just have been having a hard time trying to understand how to write the script. I have access to Python-fu and Script-fu, but would prefer to use Python. 
So here’s what I do to each image. Once I’ve gone through and manually selected what I need to, I do the same series of actions every time, and this is what I’m trying to script:

1. Layer > Transparency > Add Alpha Channel

2. Edit > Clear (or Hit Delete)

3. Deselect (Not absolutely necessary)

4. Image > Canvas Size > Height: 950 > Width: 950 > Center > Resize

5. File > Export As > ‘file name’.png > Export (Exporting the image and changing it from jpg to png)


And that’s it. I open an image, select the background, and then do those same steps every single time. So I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out the script for doing this every time. It would expedite the process to go so much quicker and I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

[rich2005]

Looks like all the regular coders are busy elsewhere, so from another very-very-occasional dabbler.

Your workflow is very similar to a plugin I knocked up for myself years ago, for scaling and saving,  Just a few extra lines needed.

It does need a destination entered initially, that remains for the rest of the session. I suppose that could be written into the script, up to you.
The file name is taken from the layer name, that might be a problem.

Registers in the tools menu.

[Deathharmonicon]

(10-25-2020, 08:18 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Looks like all the regular coders are busy elsewhere, so from another very-very-occasional dabbler.

Your workflow is very similar to a plugin I knocked up for myself years ago, for scaling and saving,  Just a few extra lines needed.

It does need a destination entered initially, that remains for the rest of the session. I suppose that could be written into the script, up to you.
The file name is taken from the layer name, that might be a problem.

Registers in the tools menu.

Awesome. Now for the next part of my ignorance. What do I do with that? Haha. What I mean is, I'm not familiar with how plug-ins work on GIMP, so how do I get that to a place where I can execute it? Is it a matter of loading it up in to Python's console, or do I need to drop it in to the GIMP plugins folder? Thanks for the assistance so far!

[rich2005]

Do not say Awsome (IMHO a much overworked term) until you have tried it.

Plugins, a file something.exe + any associated dll's or a python script something.py
goes in your User profile. C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\plug-ins

Note 'Appdata' is a Windows hidden folder, enable in Windows Explorer. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help...windows-10

How to use it: It registers in the Tools Menu as pngit. So you can go there to apply. First time you need to set a destination. Next file you process, that destination is already set.

Repeating the plugin? Top of the Filters menu is the entry Repeat Last (ctrl + F) or in Gimp you can assign some other hot-key to it.

Since you have knowledge of python you should be able to modify it to suit or put up some code and hope the resident coders will advise.

[Ofnuts]

Plenty of examples here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-too...s/scripts/

Typically, if the first two args in the args list of the register() are, in that order, 1) a PF_IMAGE and 2) a PF_DRAWABLE or a PF_LAYER, they are automatically set o the current image and layer when you call the script via the menu.

You have the Python_fu console to try things... Don't overlook the "Browse" button and the search bar in the window that it opens...