Hi

I have a semi-transparent background with a black gradient circle in the middle. The circle is solid in the middle and gets more transparent as it goes towards the edges. How do I make the background totally transparent without loosing the gradient soft edges? Cutting around won't work. I tried the magic wander but it for some reason selects the whole image. Thanks

I have GIMP 2.10.24 (flatpack) running on Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon.
I have downloaded what I believe to be the correct version of Resynthesizer and extracted the files into the "Downloads" folder.
However, when I try to locate the Plugins folder, I get a message that it doesn't exist.  This is by going to Edit>Preferences>Folders>Plug-ins and then clicking on the "Show file location in the file manager" button.
I've tried looking for it manually, but to no avail, and yes I've pressed Ctrl + H to show hidden files.

Question:  Has anyone successfully added the plugin to GIMP 2.10.24?

If you have, please can you tell me how you did it and where you got the Resynthesizer package from?
Thank you in anticipation of a positive response.

From my limited experience so far, gimp overwrites the on disk file as soon as it begins the export process, resulting in an empty file for the length of the export. I would prefer it to only delete the on disk file once the export process has completed. If there already exists a way to change this behavior I would welcome the information.

Say I make 5 separate shapes with the pathing tool, is there an easy way to clear 4 of them without having to ctrl+shift+click on each node making up the 4 shapes I don't want?

Is there a way to enable file compression automatically for the default xcf format? I scrolled through the preferences but it could have escaped my eye.

I'm running latest stable gimp-2.10, latest graphics driver, ensured the registry entries, but I have no checkbox to enable opencl under preferences->system resources. Do I need to reinstall gimp for it see that?

I start with an image 8192x8192, add layer, select all, color to alpha, then apply filter cold metal, and my image immediately balloons to 9430x15165. What is happening?

Is there a way to change the tab thumbnail for a text with the name of the archive, something like the example.

Usually have to work with images that look the same in the thumbnail, so a text would be better for me.

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Whenever I try to launch GIMP, the startup window always freezes while loading 'Modules'.
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Edit: I've read a lot about new drivers but not really what about them causes this problem, let alone how to fix it. Might have something to do with the crash considering I bought new headphones recently.

Edit #2: Apparently opening the drivers and restarting my computer made GIMP work again. Not really sure how, but it's fixed now I guess?

I'm coming back to the Gimp after about 10 years of using CorelDraw and I am so impressed with what I'm finding here now!
There is one feature of Corel PhotoPaint that I loved and used a lot and I can't find anything like it here or among plugins. It's the Macro recorder. (see attached) It allowed me to click a record button, go through a sequence of actions such as placing a signature on a photograph and then save that script / macro and simply play it again on a series of other images. Can anyone point me in the right direction in finding such a thing for the Gimp?

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