Just wanted to say, that you need the contents of the zip in the ImageMagick directory. Took me forever to figure this out, it worked though so I hope it's not just me xD btw: This worked great, now I'm looking for more pictures to make seamlessOriginally Posted by Redrobes
and if anyone isn't familiar with cmd prompt (ME) then to get to the .bat, type "cd <directory of .bat>" and then just enter the code. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out the really easy stuff
Last edited by Airith; 07-15-2008 at 05:52 PM.
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No you dont. BUT, you do need to ensure that the 'convert.exe' of imagemagick is the one that is used when you run it on the command line. By default you will get the Windows OS conversion utility - in typical MS lets call everything by its most generic name - syndrome (Although IM could have helped itself by calling its command IMConvert.exe too). So when you set up IM, go to the 'path' settings on the computer/advanced/environment vars and double check that IM is before sys32 and then it will be fine. You can test by running up cmd.exe, ensure that the current directory is not sys32 and type convert.exe. If you get a message about converting OS then thats bad. If you get a huge list of image conversion command options then thats good and it should be alright. I would recommend checking and changing the path anyway.
You should have pinged me if you were having trouble. Its good to know that you tried to have a go tho. Glad it worked ok - its not perfect but its not too bad at most stuff, esp where the pattern is pretty random.
Now a Gimp Script!
Bit of a thread bump...
Attached is a Gimp script that makes a seamless tile using this method. It will work on any rectangular image, and creates a new seamless version.
It registers in the same menu as the default Make Seamless, as Filters->Map->RR Make Seamless...
The name is "RR Make seamless" (Thanks for the technique, RedRobes, I also credit you and your site in the script.)
The only parameter is a "Flatten" amount that lets you adjust the amount of high pass to apply. The default is good in most cases.
Here is an nice autumnal image from CG Texturess
And a random sized crop of the upper left hand corner:
Run through the filter to make a seamless tile:
And a sample of it tiled (1000x1000):
A zip of the script is attached
-Rob A>
Last edited by RobA; 06-25-2010 at 12:32 PM. Reason: Updated Script
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Just to compare, here is the default GIMP make seamless result on the same cut out bit:
-Rob A>
My GIMP Scripts: Rotating Brush ~ Gradient from Image ~ Mosaic Tile Helper ~ Random Density Map ~ Subterranean Map Prettier ~ Tapered Stroke Path ~ Random Rotate Floating Layer ~ Batch Image to Pattern ~ Better Seamless Tiles ~ Tile Shuffle ~ Scale Pattern ~ Grid of Guides ~ Fractalize path ~ Label Points
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