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Release notes: <https://testing.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-3.0.html>.
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:23:39 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Release notes: <https://testing.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-3.0.html>.

Thanks for the heads up

I downloaded 3.0. So far it works fine.

I am missing one thing. In 2.10 there was a script that enabled
one to scale and rotate patterns. It was called

scale_pattern.scm

and placing it in the "scripts" directory of the user (in Windows,
in AppData\Local\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\scripts) made it very
convenient to modify stock patterns before using them.

This does not seem to work in 3.0. I did copy the script into
the corresponding directory, but on right clicking the pattern,
I do not see the item to scale and rotate.

Is the scirpt no longer valid?

Having this feature would be very useful.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 23:15:37 -0400, Charlie Roberts wrote:

In 2.10 there was a script that enabled one to scale and rotate
patterns.

Remember that GIMP works with pixels. Every time you do scale/rotate transformations like this, you degrade the quality of the image.

May I suggest looking at Inkscape? That works with scalable geometry, and
can be a useful adjunct to GIMP for some work.
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Is the scirpt no longer valid?

Having this feature would be very useful.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Most, if not all plugins and scripts, will not work in v3. It uses
python3 and all the old themes, plugins etc used older versions. If
you know the author of the script try a search, they may have updated,
or, like me, sit and wait for updated everything.
HTH
K
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Lawrence,

On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 22:04:05 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 23:15:37 -0400, Charlie Roberts wrote:

In 2.10 there was a script that enabled one to scale and rotate
patterns.

Remember that GIMP works with pixels. Every time you do scale/rotate >transformations like this, you degrade the quality of the image.

May I suggest looking at Inkscape? That works with scalable geometry, and >can be a useful adjunct to GIMP for some work.

Thanks for the reply.

I get your point about the advantages of Inkscape, but I am just an
amateur who plays around of straighten up a few photos, add a caption,
may be and put in some "frames" around photos. This last part is where
scaling the patterns come in. I am certainly not a professional doing
any kind of art. So I can quite happy with GIMP, in spite of some of
its limitations.

But, scaling patterns works in GIMP 2.10, and so I will stick to it
for at least those jobs that need it.

Hopefully, the old script will be make to work in GIMP 3.0 as well.

Thanks again.
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On Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:04:53 +1100, karebai <obviously@notlikely.com>
wrote:

Is the scirpt no longer valid?

Having this feature would be very useful.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Most, if not all plugins and scripts, will not work in v3. It uses
python3 and all the old themes, plugins etc used older versions. If
you know the author of the script try a search, they may have updated,
or, like me, sit and wait for updated everything.
HTH
K

From the script:

--------------

; scale_pattern.scm
; by Rob Antonishen
; http://ffaat.pointclark.net

; Version 1.2 (20090413)
; Version 1.3 (20190404)

-------------

As the site has vanished, I guess it is a question of of waiting!

But, I will give it another try. The script works like a charm in
2.10. I think it was introduced when 2.08 came out -- or
whichever version was operational in 2019.
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From the script:

--------------

; scale_pattern.scm
; by Rob Antonishen
; http://ffaat.pointclark.net

; Version 1.2 (20090413)
; Version 1.3 (20190404)

-------------

As the site has vanished, I guess it is a question of of waiting!

But, I will give it another try. The script works like a charm in
2.10. I think it was introduced when 2.08 came out -- or
whichever version was operational in 2019.

Exactly - I have have kept my 2.10.38 version for that reason.
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On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:16:14 +1000, karebai <obviously@notlikely.com>
wrote:

From the script:

--------------

; scale_pattern.scm
; by Rob Antonishen
; http://ffaat.pointclark.net

; Version 1.2 (20090413)
; Version 1.3 (20190404)

-------------

As the site has vanished, I guess it is a question of of waiting!

But, I will give it another try. The script works like a charm in
2.10. I think it was introduced when 2.08 came out -- or
whichever version was operational in 2019.

Exactly - I have have kept my 2.10.38 version for that reason.

I, too, will stick with it, though I can play with 3.0. For most work,
either is more than adequate for me. It is only some of these special
fucntions that I would prefer one over the other.

There are some sites that address converting from Python 2 to
Python 3. I may give that a shot for pure entertainement to
see if my Python skills are still worth anything. Long time since
I mucked around with it.
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