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Hi all,

I've just released a parametric masking plug-in for GIMP 3 and wanted to share it here.

The plug-in creates a layer mask from one of four source channels: Red, Green, Blue, or Luminance. You shape the mask using a tone curve with a live histogram. Drag points up to include tones, drag them down to exclude them. The canvas updates live as you work.

The curve approach gives you precise, automatically feathered control over the mask. Target midtones, create double peaks, or invert regions entirely. Since photographers already think in curves, there's no new mental model to learn.

The idea was inspired by Yasuo Ohnishi's parametric masking work for GIMP 3. My plug-in takes a different direction, using a curve editor instead of sliders.

A few highlights:

- Red, Green, Blue, and Luminance channel support
- Live preview on the canvas
- Whole-image mode and single-layer mode
- Non-destructive: works on a new layer, never touches the original
- Available in 14 languages
- Runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS

Full write-up with a short demo video: https://www.chuckhenrich.com/parametric-...mp-plugin/

Direct download: https://chuckhenrich.com/downloads/param...ask-v3.zip

Happy to answer questions. Feedback and bug reports are very welcome.

According to this article, there are severe security flaws in Gimp > 3.2
https://www.heise.de/news/Gimp-Update-sc...14979.html

We installed Gimp with the systempackage that come along with Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.2

As this is a severe security flaw, do you think that the maintenance team of Linux Mint will update the systempackages to the patched version or would we have to upgrade to a higher Mint version in order to achieve this?

I have been using GIMP for several years, using Win10. Recently I was forced to upgrade to Win11 on a new computer, and so far it's OK, & I'm getting used to its intrusive nature.

One of the first programs installed was GIMP, the previous version to the current new 3.2.0, and it was working normally. Today I have a time-urgent project to finish so I started up GIMP, and was greeted with the Update screen, Update to Ver 3.2.0. 

This has happened frequently, and there had previously been no problem, so I had no hesitation in upgrading, installed, rebooted, and restarted, hoping to get to work.

Usually GIMP reflects the Windows file structure, directories, sub-directories and file names, each in alphabetical order respectively. This time, it was screwed! All the folders and file names were in alphabetical order but all mixed together [see screen shot.] It was impossible to work with, so I closed everything, rebooted, hoping for a rearrangement. Nada. Nope. Still screwed.

I uninstalled GIMP, re-downloaded the setup file, reinstalled, rebooted, and opened GIMP - nope, still screwed.

I'm not a programming person, I can't delve into the code and fix anything, I'm just a lowly appreciative artistic user of GIMP.

What's wrong here? Is it the new version? Or Win11? Or me?? See screen shot.

Nora (new member)

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Can someone tell me how to color bevel text? Everytime I use bevel in filter and then curves, it’s a lot more harder to get something satisfactory than using Chrome. Below are two links to
Pinterest for what im trying to to create. 


https://pin.it/5KQGsJ2gp

https://pin.it/6RqESXrrh

Hello all. I enjoy RC racing. I need to make some number decals. When I make them in GIMP 3.08 revision 2 and print the images onto transparent decals, the graphics are way too transparent. I'm not sure what information you need, so here is the basic:
Windows 11
GIMP 3.08 revision 2
I have an older Epson 837
At this point I have spent more on decal paper than I would have if I had had someone make them for me. That's limited, though. Any ideas?

Hello,

what are the best ways to remove the flames from the cake candles and still keep the background?

Thank you.

UPDATE: So I have GIMP 3.0.0 and 2.10.38 installed on my system. After having the below issue with 3.0 I tried 2.1 and it worked fine. So this seems to be a 3.0 issue.
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I installed gimp3_upscale but when I restarted Gimp the plug-in did not show where the Git instructions said it should. My preferences show C:\Users\jack6\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.0\plug-ins AND C:\Users\jack6\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.0\plug-ins as plug-in directories. (Why 2 locations I am not sure, so I put the script directory in both.)  See screenshot.
 
It is supposed to show up under Filters>Enhance but it does not. This is the first plug-in I have loaded manually, so am I missing something ? 

GIT instructions simply say:
[*]1 Download the latest release:gimp3_upscale.zip

[*]for GIMP 3.0
2 Extract the plug-in folder into your GIMP plug-ins directory.
[*]3 Restart GIMP.

To use it 
[*]1 Open an image in GIMP.
[*]2 Go to Filters > Enhance > AI Upscale..

but that entry is not there.
Suggestions ?

NOTE: I just tried to use the Help > Plugin Browser and it does not find anything. Not sure if that helps. 
Thanks


GIMP 3.0.0
Windows 10

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First off, I am not a coder, but I have been trying for the last year to convert a GIMP 2 plugin to GIMP 3, even trying AI and it simply just won't work for me. At my age (70+) I am really struggling to succeed with this task of understanding how to write a GIMP 3 plugin.  Years ago I somehow managed over several months to write a plugin in GIMP 2.10 to do some basic repetitive tasks, like adding solid color layers with masks, in groups and set other various parameters.  The first thing that happens in the plugin is the original image layer is copied and desaturated.

I posted here a year ago and Ofnuts kindly wrote an example showing how to desaturate the original layer.  That code worked perfectly.  I have tried for the last year to add to that plugin like trying to add solid color layers with masks, into groups and set other various parameters and have completely failed because of my lack of understanding and ineptness.  Even AI has not been able to come up with something that will show up in GIMP3.  I'm at the breaking point where I'm about to give up on using GIMP 3 and just go back to GIMP 2 so my basic plugin will work.  I am back here now asking if someone could point me to someone or a website or a forum, anything!, where they take requests or would rewrite a gimp2 plugin into gimp 3 format.  Any help would be appreciated.

I am really struggling with rewriting this simple task plug-in in GIMP 3 format...I can't even get anything to work or show up in the GIMP menus (nor can AI even write working code for GIMP3) even after copying the basic code from another GIMP 3 plugin example.  I'll upload my GIMP2 plugin so you can see what I'm trying to do, but I am really hoping there is a GIMP forum group somewhere that would specifically rewrite code for us non-coding users.  I just cannot simply understand how to write GIMP3 python code structure when I cannot understand the examples to do basic tasks like adding a new layer.  Thanks for any feedback you can provide or direction you can point me in.

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I've used Adobe CS6 full suite since it came out. Now I'm old and do very little. For what little I do now, I think GIMP will work for me. 

However, there are two PS processes I still need. Hopefully, one of you can tell me how GIMP can do them.
1.  I take hundreds of photos when I travel. I use PS Photomerge to combine multiple close overlapping shots to create a single large image.
2. I have a script that takes the file name and overlays it on the lower portion of the image so it's a visible title as it's run through slideshows.

I'd love to transition to GIMP if it can do these two things.