Hi to both, thanks for your help and thanks for the script! I tried the attached python script by using execfile("script.py") from the python-fu console. Unfortunately gimp (2.6.7 on ubuntu) crashed. Do you have a hint, what I am doing wrong!? Thanks! Fab
>On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Fab <for...@gimpusers.com> wrote: >> I am new to gimp's scripting and would like to automate the rectangle >> selection tool by defining the position and size using a script. >> Afterwards, I would like to extract the selection, 'paste as new image' and >> save the image as a png file without compression. >> >> It would be nice, if you can give me some hints, how to achieve this. Maybe, >> something similar exists already!? > >Hi, > >I've attached some code here - it's from a similar plug-in that I >modified to (almost) do what you want. It will need some work for it >to be useful, but it should be pretty easy to follow and also modify >to suit your needs. I've only given it the barest amount of testing >with gimp 2.6.6 on linux, but it should be cross-platform in theory >(as long as Python+GIMP is correctly installed). > >Note that the gimp.file_png_save() call is most likely using >compression - check the procedure browser for the right parameters. > >Also, I chose to duplicate/crop/save/destroy rather than >select/copy/paste new/save/destroy - I just found that method simpler. > >Hope this helps and good luck! >Chris > > -- Fab (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user