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    Greetings

    First of all, I would like to thank you all for the extensive resources of this forum and quickly remind that my own map-making or graphic editing skills are close to zero, but I'm trying. I'm trying real hard.
    Anyway, a question from novice cartographer regarding GIMP and adding hexes to the map. Using this simple tutorial from your own site https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ead.php?t=5094 I've managed to get hexes on my map. Thing is - I need two separate grids of hexes. One with each hex 50 pixels wide and another with hexes 500 pixels each.
    And GIMP allows to only create 100 px hexes as maximum.
    Now I found a work-around for this (basically making new layer 5 times smaller than my needs, covered with 100 px hexes, then stretched it all over the map, giving desired effect), but the work-around has simple problem - the final effect has all the obvious drawback of making something small 5 times bigger, with blury, needlessly thick lines.

    So - is there any real work-around for this?
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    like these two screenshots


    install the G'Mic gimp plugin and it is under arrays
    http://gmic.eu/

    that post is from 2009
    7 years ago

    for a very old and very unsupported version of the gimp
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnvanvliet View Post
    lit is under arrays
    Which means... where? I can't any table titled this way.

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    1) gimp 2.8.18 installed
    2) the gmic plugin installed
    3) open or make a new image
    4) under filters at the bottom is "gmic" click it
    5) in the new window that opens expand the "arrays" tree menu
    and select the hex array
    6) adjust the size and thickness

    you might want to read the instructions or watch the tutorial videos
    the link is on the page i posted
    http://gmic.eu/
    ( documentation -- video tutorials )
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnvanvliet View Post
    1) gimp 2.8.18 installed
    2) the gmic plugin installed
    3) open or make a new image
    4) under filters at the bottom is "gmic" click it
    5) in the new window that opens expand the "arrays" tree menu
    and select the hex array
    6) adjust the size and thickness
    Found it and after a lot of loading nothing happend in the end. I've then tweaked a bit the starting settings and also nothing came out of it :/

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    a bit the starting settings and also nothing came out of it :/
    did you click on "ok" or "apply" !!!


    the GUI is very simple and very easy to use
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    I just ended up using different script - this one simply doesn't load at all, even if I tried it on two other computers.

    Now I'm trying not to scream and shout when no matter how I set up brushes, they end up either too wide or too short to fit into the hexes I've generated with script from this thread: https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ad.php?p=60475

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    gmic is not a script " it is a plugin "
    there is a windows INSTALLER!!!!!
    or a manual install zip( linux,apple,windows )
    or a source build

    that link is to a 7 year old guide for a old PRE CODE REWRITE gimp

    that guide is for gimp 2.4

    gimp 2.8 is very very VERY different
    the ENTIRE!!!!! code for brushes was replaced
    brushes work very differently now


    the gimp gmic plugin is very easy to use ( read the instructions or watch the videos)
    and runs an all linux, apple , and windows computers
    ( maybe not ARM based CPU's - windows surface)
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnvanvliet View Post
    gmic is not a script " it is a plugin "
    there is a windows INSTALLER!!!!!
    It doesn't change the fact it doesn't work on (as for now) 4 different PCs I've tried it on. So yeah, thanks, but I will pass, when I've already manage to get things done with different means.

    Other than than, I think this thread already did its job too, so it can be closed.

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    Hi Marion, I'm sorry you weren't able to get things working with G'Mic.

    Can I ask how you fixed your problem? It might help someone else with a similar problem in the future.
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