ofn-brush-strokes-on-path

[Ofnuts]

Adding an animation feature (each brush stroke on its own layer). Ending up being a major rewrite. Still have to update the doc before releasing in the wild.

   

For the above:

• Find a Brush with foot steps (brush hose, alternating each foot)
  
• Create a circular path
  
• Apply the script to generate 30 strokes on a transparent background
  
• Duplicate the image, shift the layers by one (top layer to bottom of stack)
  
• Do that two more times, to have 3 images that are 1/2/3 steps behind
  
• Use ofn-interleave-layers to combine them with 75%, 50% and 25% opacity to the first one
  
• Export as (slow) animation
  

[Krikor]

[Ofnuts]

I can't work on the doc if I spend my time answering questions about distributing the stuff

[Ofnuts]

New version available at the usual place.

[Krikor]

The plug-in has preserved its previous functionality and has gained fantastic versatility!

This fading effect was great!
Ofnuts, thx!


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[denzjos]

Ofnuts, 'ofn-brush-strokes-on-path', a nice script. Two problems : if I animate a scene in gimp, then the moving object is perfect blending out. When I export the animation to a gif file, then the blending out disappeard. What am I doing wrong in the workflow ? Second problem : how can I use a background (picture or photo) in the animation? I just can choose between white, background(colour), foreground(colour), pattern and transparent. I tried some things but I can't figure out how to do it. Thanks in advance for the answer.
The exported gif file :
   
As seen in the animation in gimp:
   
Gif export settings I used :
   

[rich2005]

Quote:Second problem : how can I use a background (picture or photo) in the animation?

This first: Make your animation as a RGB sequence. There are plugins / scripts that will add a background image to each layer. Ofnuts has one that works with RGB mode.   http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-too...s/scripts/ ofn-interleave-layers.zip (dated 2020-04-25)

You are probably better off using Ofnuts plugin in RGB mode but there is an alternative (works with indexed as well) is Saul Goodes script http://chiselapp.com/user/saulgoode/repo...combine-bg

Quote:if I animate a scene in gimp, then the moving object is perfect blending out. When I export the animation to a gif file, then the blending out disappeard.

Why the first quest last ? Transparency in an indexed image is binary, either on or off. To get a fade out (using layers of deceasing opacity). First convert the image to indexed Image -> Mode -> Indexed  using the dithering option. 

   

Then you can add a background using Saul Goodes script and finaly export as an animated gif.

   

[denzjos]

Thank you rich for the reply. I'll try it out.

[Ofnuts]

(04-22-2021, 09:11 AM)denzjos Wrote: Ofnuts, 'ofn-brush-strokes-on-path', a nice script. Two problems : if I animate a scene in gimp, then the moving object is perfect blending out. When I export the animation to a gif file, then the blending out disappeard. What am I doing wrong in the workflow ? Second problem : how can I use a background (picture or photo) in the animation? I just can choose between white, background(colour), foreground(colour), pattern and transparent. I tried some things but I can't figure out how to do it. Thanks in advance for the answer.
The exported gif file :

As seen in the animation in gimp:

Gif export settings I used :

In a GIF (and the color-indexed mode in Gimp) the opacity of pixels in layers/frames is binary so anything under 50% becomes transparent when you export to GIF.

In my own animations, I do the animation in RGB mode, and the object and its fading copies are put on a fully opaque background so all layers are fully opaque when I create the GIF. This isn't much of a problems because  in my animation the layers are in a solid color almost everywhere so they compress well. Over a real picture, I would expect Filters ➤ Animation ➤ Optimize (for GIF) to be quite efficient.

Technically, for a 3-steps fade:

1. Create the N frames  of the animation, with fully opaque object on transparent background (stack image)
   
2. Use  ofn-interleave-layers to copy the frames of Stack at 100% opacity over a solid background, yielding  Image1
   
3. In Stack, move the top layer to the bottom
   
4. Use ofn-interleave-layers to copy the frames of Stack at 75% opacity over the frames in Image1, yielding Image2. Image1 can be discarded.
   
5. In Stack, move the top layer to the bottom
   
6. Use ofn-interleave-layers to copy the frames of Stack at 50% opacity over the frames in Image2, yielding Image3. Image2 can be discarded.
   
7. In Stack, move the top layer to the bottom
   
8. Use ofn-interleave-layers to copy the frames of Stack at 25% opacity over the frames in Image3, yielding Image4. Image3 can be discarded.
   
9. Export Image4 as your animation.
   

[denzjos]

Thanks Ofnuts for the reply. seems to be some work but when I have some free time, I'll give it a try.