GIMP Smooth Path plugin

[ijontichy]

If you've ever wanted to define a path of points and then draw a smooth curve through those points (e.g. for rivers, roads, borders, etc), then I have created a GIMP plugin for you. The Smooth Path GIMP plugin takes the active path and smooths it according to a Bezier interpolation algorithm I will not bore (http://www.math.ucla.edu/~baker/java/hoefer/Spline.htm) you with here. Below is a screenshot to illustrate what I mean:

http://www.ludicity.org/images/smooth_preview.png

You have the option of preserving corners sharper than a specified angle. A preview of what these settings do can be found here (http://www.ludicity.org/images/smooth_settings.png).

Download the plugin from here (http://www.ludicity.org/files/smooth-path.zip) or here (http://registry.gimp.org/node/20069).

Thanks to the legendary RobA (http://forum.cartographersguild.com/member.php?u=768) for his valuable contributions to this plugin.

[zenram]

Wow, im gonna try it!!! Thanks

[RobA]

It is quite handy if you combine it with my fractalize path script (http://forum.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=6465 since I haven't added it to my sig yet, I just realized!)...

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Black is a stroked 2 point path.

Green is stroked fractalize path.

Blue is after running this excellent smooth plugin on that!

-Rob A>

[Mark Oliva]

Looks great!

[zenram]

Black is a stroked 2 point path.

Green is stroked fractalize path.

Blue is after running this excellent smooth plugin on that!


Mmm, i will try this for sure... XD

[RobA]

Moved to the Automation scripts/actions forum (under Software Discusion)

-Rob A>

[Ecrocken]

I've had issues with trying to install plug-ins. Where does the smooth-path.c file belong? I THINK the regular file goes into plug-ins...? Thanks for all of the inspiration you folks provide!

~EC

[RobA]

EC-

All you need is the compiled file. The source code (.c and .h) is just there for open sourceness...

-Rob A>

[Goldenrod111]

This looks great, but how do I get it to work? I have tried running the .exe (it can't find "libgimp-2.0-0.dll"), putting both the .c and the .exe in my scripts folder (other scripts in there are working), and taking the code from the .c and making it into a plugin (I still have no idea how to do this). Am I just not finding the menu entry (I'd think it would be right around your fractalize path, RobA), or am I loading it incorrectly?

[RobA]

Put the exe in your plug-in folder not your script folder.

-Rob A>

[Goldenrod111]

Thanks! I'm not sure how I missed that, but it works now.

[FAHall]

Haha,

I find this about 10 minutes after finishing up a HUGE bunch of rivers for my map and spending a bunch of extra time trying to smooth out the fractalized paths. I think I have over 200 paths so far.


I've still got a few more river systems to go though, so this will definitely come in handy.


Looks like an excellent addition to GIMP!

Thanks,

Alex

[Rongar]

Just what I was looking for. Thanks a bunch. :)