Thursday 28 March 2013

Batch processing using Gimp for Ubuntu

DBP (David's Batch Processor), is a very useful tool to do batch tasks using Gimp. The repository is available in the url. For the source to compile g++ is required. To install, g++ : Open a terminal, and run the following: sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0-dev gcc cpp g++ Enter 'y' for all the prompts. Download dbpSrc-1-1-9.tgz to desktop untar (or unzip) the tgz file using the following command sudo tar -xvzf /home/[username]/Desktop/dbpSrc-1-1-9.tgz cd dbp-1.1.9 To build, run the following command sudo make To install, run the following command make install After installing, open gimp tool. The newly installed batch processes can be found in menu Filters > Batch Process...