If script-fu are placed in the "scripts" folder, they have a habitual and predictable behavior.

If I modify them and put them in "plugins" they have another one, changes must be added on purpose and sometimes you don't understand the mistake.

BUT if I put them in "plugins" Gimp 3.0 official appimage overcomes some problems that crash the script engine.

Now comes the problem, exactly like to be or not to be, I have to continue to use the "scripts" folder, or I have to arm myself and solve the problems it causes by moving them to "plugins".

I wouldn't want my "to be or not to be" to be Mel Brooks' film.

please share list of keyboard shortcuts for GIMP.

Last night I tried to install the bimp gimp plugin tool, but the make failed since a missing tool "gimptool" could not be found on my system. I also tried to see if the yast2 software tools could locate this tool, but to no success.

Now whenever I start up gimp, I hit a delay around 30 seconds or so then the following message appears:

gui_dbus_name_lost: the name "org.gimp.GIMP.UI" could not be acquired on the bus.

running gimp with the --verbose option shows:

INIT: gimp_initialize
INIT: gimp_real_initialize
gui_dbus_name_lost: the name "org.gimp.GIMP.UI" could not be acquired on the bus

And the about 20-30 sec delay is occurring here.

Since I have removed and reinstalled all the gimp software using the software manager, I don't believe that this problem is with the gimp software itself but lies somewhere else.

Is this the correct forum to ask this question? Or perhaps try a GNOME forum?

The 30 second delay is not tolerable, especially when I had over 24 gimp photos to redo just this morning.

Thanks for suggestions.

Just a heads up that if a Script-fu script is implemented as a V3 plug-in you can edit the script file whilst GIMP is running - you don't have to restart GIMP for the changes to take effect. This has been possible with Python scripts for a long time but disappeared when the Refresh Scripts menu option was dropped some time ago. It certainly makes debugging Script-fu scripts much less frustrating :-)

V3 .scm scripts that are plug-ins go into folders with the same names as the first part of the .scm file name (i.e. the part before .scm). These folders then go into the GIMP plug-ins folder, not the scripts folder.

Don't forget to delete the original version of the .scm file from scripts - GIMP complains if there is a plug-in and a script version at the same time.

The following links are useful when making .scm plug-ins - note in particular the use of 

I select an area, and then with bucket fill I try to fill it with a color I selected before so I apply bucket fill inside the selected area. Sounds simple right? Nope. That is too easy for gimp. It doesn't fill. What am I missing?

I selected an area . Now I hit escape but the walking ants dont go away. How to tell Gimp that I am done with that selection and I dont want that selection anymore in my life. It just wont go away.

I select a portion of my image. How can i move JUST that part? After I select, I click move and try to drag it but it drags the whole thing and the selection seems to just float and remain where it is. This is very counterintuitive.

If I try to use bucket fill the bucket cursor carries a circle with a slash through it, and I cannot fill the selected layer. I have ensured that the layer I wish to fill is selected, is not locked, and have tried various places withing the area of the layer. In the attached screenshot, I wish to fill the layer called "Background" with another colour. Please see the screenshot. Thank you.

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Here is what I have and what I'm trying to do:

- I have an old band photo and want to remove the background.
- I want to put the 'new and improved' image into a music video (just the band - no background).
- That image/the band will be floating around the screen, maybe on top of a static image of clouds or something.
- I'll be using Open Shot Video Editor if that makes any difference.

So to get just the band, can I just erase the background or do I need to create a transparency?  Is there a critical difference between the two? Or it just depends on what you want to do?  Is there a best way to do it?