[Gimp-user] How to import Photoshop .pat files?

[Alec Burgess]

Akkana Peck (akkana at shallowsky.com) wrote (in part)  (on 2009-06-03 at
14:18):
> Any suggestions as to how to get the job finished? ie. each layer needs  
> > to be cropped I think.
> > I guess this needs a new script or tweaks to Saul Goode's  
> > "script-fu-save-anim-layers" but unfortunately I have zero ability in  
> > that area.
>   
>
> Okay, done. I started with save-anim-layers, but then during the
> course of simplifying it to deal only with patterns I ended up
> rewriting pretty much the whole thing.
>
> http://shallowsky.com/software/gimp/save-pat-layers.scm
>   
works for me on Windows with both 2.6.6 and 2.7
> It still registers in Animation, as "Save layers as patterns".
> Animation isn't the right place for it but it wasn't obvious
> what would be better. Any thoughts?
>   
Maybe both Saul's [Save layers as ...] and your [Save layers as 
patterns] would be more discoverable on the layers menu?
> Start with the original multi-layer image and run Animation->
> Save layers as patterns, and it will save each of the layers
> to your GIMP profile patterns directory with the appropriate
> layer name. I've only tested it on one pattern (the animal one)
> but it seems to work.
>
> It does change the original image -- the layers stay autocropped,
> I didn't bother to try to revert them since I figure most people
> will just be closing that image anyway.
>
> I'll put it on the registry after I get feedback on whether
> it's working okay for anyone besides myself. 
YES
> I'd especially like
> to hear whether it works on Windows, since it builds up paths with
> "/" (which I think script-fu is supposed to translate automatically).
The location is correctly created for me - GOOD!
I think some way for user to specify a tag will for all patterns created 
will be useful after 2.7 gets released maybe this can be re-visited 
then? (If you want to avoid requiring any user interaction perhaps the 
file name?)

Note: so that I can keep track of where my "special" patterns came from 
and so that all resources can be shared with all installed versions of 
GIMP I've been putting them in sub-folders of ...\patterns.
ie. in Preferences-folders-patterns I've added:

    D:\Data Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\patterns
     and as subfolders of that:

        D:\Data Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\patterns\added_manually (a
        couple I created manually)
        D:\Data Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\patterns\ademmm.deviantart
        (from the PS PAT file via Akkana's script 162 *.pat files)
        D:\Data Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\patterns\squidfingers (from the
        PS PAT file via Akkana's script 109 *.pat files)


@Sven ... is following a bug? @anyone ... can someone confirm on a Unix 
system.
happening on both 2.6.6 and 2.7

when I refresh patterns (in Pattern toolbox dialog) it gets done 
"correctly" ie. reads each sub-folder of paths specified in Preferences 
... Patterns and makes them available for use but for each sub-folder a 
message like following appears in Error Console (ie. the one available 
for display in the toolbox window or as a freestanding dialog)

      GIMP Error
    Failed to load data:

    Failed to open file 'D:\Data
    Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\patterns\added_manually': Permission denied

      GIMP Error
    Failed to load data:

    Failed to open file 'D:\Data
    Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\patterns\ademmm.deviantart': Permission denied

      GIMP Error
    Failed to load data:

    Failed to open file 'D:\Data
    Files\Gimp-2.x_resources\patterns\squidfingers': Permission denied

On 2.7 where the DOS-console is automatically started by GIMP similar 
messages appear during startup.

-- 
Regards ... Alec   (buralex at gmail & WinLiveMess - alec.m.burgess at skype)

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