Writing Plugins for GIMP in Python

“Have you ever wished you could automate a few functions in
GIMP? Today’s article will show you how to use Python to write
simple GIMP plug-ins…

“GIMP-Python scripts live under your home directory, in
.gimp-2.6/plug-ins/. If you’re using a different GIMP version, like
2.4 or 2.7, change the name appropriately. So edit a file there —
for example, $HOME/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins/pytest — and start with the
following headers:

#!/usr/bin/env python

“from gimpfu import *”

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