to get bounds
or check to see if there is a selection present?
as pdb. is slow for me when i do repeated operations.

I tried looking at the api documentation but I don't know the syntax to call gimp_selection_is_empty?

image.selection.width is always width of image it's so weird.

I need this in order to speed up this knitted look 2.10 plugin

Hi, 
I've been using Gimp 2.99/3.0 for a while now. I know you can: 
- shift click multiple layers in the layers panel (very nice)
- and you can set the move tool to be able to click and select a single layer in the canvas 
Just wondering if you can shift click multiple layers directly in the canvas yet? I haven't been able to do that.

Hi there!

Will there be a new update to the PhotoGimp patch for Gimp 3.0?

Thanks for your help!

I want my 5 minute of fame 

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In a certain question about plugin compatibility between versions 2.10 and 3.0, Copilot suggested that I participate in the Gimp-Forum.Net Forum!

Being a reference is definitely something to be proud of! 

   

Hi, I have a large 1.89GB PNG that is [51k x 42k] pixels big, it's a large map. It takes GIMP about 90 seconds to open it and to get it ready for me to view and edit. I have 16GB of RAM and Windows Task Manager says GIMP uses 8.5GB of it to display this PNG. My Dell laptop was brand-new a year ago, so the CPU's pretty-good for a laptop; the GPU is a baked-in standard Intel one, that manages most things without a problem except for demanding games.

It's not a problem for me that it should be slow to load and edit this image, as I would otherwise cut the PNG up into smaller sections; but I'm curious as to what exactly the limitations are. If I had to guess I would say it is either the CPU or GPU that can't load the large file into GIMP more quickly than that, no matter how much RAM it had supporting it. the Irfanview app could not open the image, so GIMP is doing a better job than it at least. I don't know how other image-editing software would compare—Adobe etc. .

Previously here at Watercooler I came across a networking algorithm that can improve bandwidth on the big video platform

I did some more investigating and found a way of making it permanent on a Linux system.
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Find what congestion control you are using now:
sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control
Mine had
net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control = reno cubic

Add BBR
sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf        (gedit or whatever editor you want)
add the following two lines:

net.core.default_qdisc=fq
net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=bbr
save file
reload sysctl.conf  >   sudo sysctl -p

check congestion control again:
sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control
net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control = reno cubic bbr
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Comments.
Hopefully enabling this gives you better video performance.
I think more people are 'streaming' video on Android TVs. A network is only as fast as it's slowest bottleneck.

I can't seem to be able to save a template with any layers. I've created an .xcf with multiple layers and would like to make it a template. Unfortunately when I use the "Create Template..." option, none of the layers get saved. The template appears in my template list, but it is a blank slate with no layers. Also, as an aside, how do I delete templates from my template list? I now have several versions of the same layer-less template in my template list.

GIMP 3.0 plug-ins
add_path_argument and successfully get a path to show up on UI?
I don't know why mine is not showing up.
I got add_file_argument to show up
and path just has this extra boolean in param, I tried true and false...nothing.

Over at gimpchat.com i got this plug-in called GIMP cards and it requires a directory/path and this add_path_argument is a show stopper for me trying to convert from GIMP 2.10 to GIMP 3.0.

The links to the code are to github 
1. Obtain layers attributes recursively
- Creates multiple text layers at once in GIMP, with consistent formatting and optional automatic numbering.
2. Print Layer colors as RGB to error console
- Creates multiple text layers at once in GIMP, with consistent formatting and optional automatic numbering.

3. Replace Alpha Channel of a Group of Layers
- Replaces all layers within groups matching the used search term, replacing their alpha channels with the specified html color.
   
4. Replace Specific Layers by name with Image Path
- Replaces multiple layers with the selected image path while maintaining layer properties like position, size, and masks.
   
5. Replace colors found in layers by name
- Replaces an html color across multiple layers simultaneously while preserving layer structure and alpha channels.
   

6. Create multiple guides
- Creates multiple guides in an image. Guides are evenly separated. Can be applied vertically and horizontally.
   
7. Create multiple layers
- Creates multiple layers at once in GIMP, with optional automatic numbering.
   
8. Create multiple text layers
- Creates multiple text layers at once in GIMP, with consistent formatting and optional automatic numbering.
   


Example of me showing the plugins:





# Bonus
9. Export folder of .xcf files to .png files
- Batch convert XCF files to PNG format without manually opening each file in GIMP