FEB 27 2024 NEWS - BEVEL, CUSTOM BEVEL, SHARP BEVEL AND INNER GLOW WERE OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED INTO GEGL'S MASTER BRANCH AND WILL BE IN THE NEXT GIMP RELEASE

Welcome, I make third party GEGL filter plugins for Gimp by chaining GEGL nodes inside c file templates. This allows Gimp to have access to all sorts of cool text styling effects. It will turn your boring bland text into fancy text easy. Please view each filters individual Git page for more info on what each Gimp plugin can do. You have the option to download twenty something of my best filters in one place on the front page, but it may be better if you download each filter manually from my Github release sections as the list can get crowded and you may not need all my filters. I have over 70 filters in total. Please remember, unless you use Gimp 2.99.16 or up, all my filters are located in the GEGL Operation section for Gimp 2.10. On 2.99.16+ they are there but also exist in Filters>Text Styling and various other places like Filters>Render>Fun and more. Please note, my text styling filters are meant to be applied on text layers or raster copies of text layers and they are NOT capable of real time updates on text layers. However in the future this may be possible. In general most of my text styling plugins REQUIRE using white text and selecting "layer to image size" on a text layer before applying. It is even smart to make a back up layer of original text.

All plugins have source code and compile instructions on their Github page and Github page release section and can be compiled with Ninja and Meson but Windows, Linux and Chromebook users can use preconfigured binaries. Mac users have to compile no matter what as I can't support Mac. If you look at the source code of my GEGL plugins you will also find GEGL syntax listed before the code begins. If you put this GEGL syntax inside Gimp's "GEGL Graph" filter you can test a plugin of mine in a static position without installing. The syntax provided in the source code roughly recreates the plugin. It is true transparency, every aspect of what I do is open source so others can learn and create GEGL plugins themselves if they want.

.dll file filter binaries go in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\gegl-0.4\plug-ins or perhaps C:\Users\AppData\Local\gegl-0.4\plug-ins then restart Gimp and open "GEGL Operation". You may need to create the folder 'plug-ins` if it does not exist. There is a very low chance Windows users will need to reinstall Gimp for plugins to work. This low chance is probably caused by having a old version of Gimp or GEGL as a dependency. (before 2019)

Search for gegl-0.4 make a plug-ins folder and put the binaries there or see if drive:\GIMPPortable\App\gimp\lib\gegl-0.4\plug-ins exist and put the binaries there.

Top twenty something GEGL Plugins for Windows

If you choose to not use binaries this is how you compile my plugins on Windows. When compiling run the build_linux.sh files with MySys2.

http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20038&hilit=windows+compile#p275148 )

.so file filter binaries go in /home/(USERNAME)/.local/share/gegl-0.4/plug-ins then restart Gimp and open GEGL Operation.

Top twenty something GEGL Plugins for Linux and Source Code

The only packages needed to compile on Linux are ninja, meson and gegl. On most distros you should be able to press the build_linux.sh and go.

Includes Linux binaries and Source Code

so. file filter binaries go in /home/(USERNAME)/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/data/gegl-0.4/plug-ins then restart Gimp and open GEGL Operation.

.so file filter binaries go /home/USERNAME/snap/gimp/393/.local/share/gegl-0.4/plug-ins NOTE - the number 393 may vary so read http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20336 for finding the right directory. Simply go back to /home/USERNAME/snap/gimp/ and look for the correct number directory. Once restart Gimp and open GEGL Operation.

https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL_PLUGIN_PRESERVABILITY_PROJECT/

In 2025-2026 GEGL will break all plugins of mine that use gegl_node_connect_from with gegl_node_connect (that is the majority of them) This special repo contains the fix, but if Gimp is using versions of GEGL earlier then 0.4.46 it can't read gegl_node_connect so Ubuntu 20.04-22.04 and even Fedora 36-38 users won't be able to use my plugins in default.
This special repo contains the source code of all my plugins that work on GEGL-0.4.46 up.

GEGL 0.446 can make both gegl_node_connect_from and gegl_node_connect_plugins but earlier versions can only use gegl_node_connect_from **

First, you need to download the GEGL plugins. from the link "Top twenty something GEGL Plugins for Linux and Source Code" which contains about 30 plugins as binaries ready for use but all 70+ plugins as source code only.

Before you can use or compile the plugins, you need to have certain packages installed on your Linux system:

• Ninja: A small build system with a focus on speed.
• Meson: An open-source build system meant to be both extremely fast and user-friendly.
• GEGL: The underlying graphics library used by GIMP.

These can typically be installed via your distribution's package manager. For example, on Ubuntu, you can open a terminal and run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ninja-build meson libgegl-dev

• If you've downloaded the source code and wish to compile the plugins, follow these steps:
• Extract the Source Code: If the source code comes in a compressed file (like .zip or .tar.gz), extract it first.
• Navigate to the Source Directory: Use the terminal to navigate to the directory where you've extracted the source code.
• Run the Build Script: Execute the build_linux.sh script. This script should automate the compilation process. You can run it by typing:

./build_linux.sh

Ensure that this script is executable. If not, make it executable by running chmod +x build_linux.sh.

• Locate the Compiled .so Files: After compilation, look for .so files in the build directory.
• Copy the .so Files to the GEGL Plugins Directory: Use the command:

Linux 
cp [source_path]/*.so /home/$(whoami)/.local/share/gegl-0.4/plug-ins/

Linux  (Flatpak)
cp [source_path]/*.so /home/$(whoami)/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/data/gegl-0.4/plug-ins

Do NOT have multiple copies of the binaries or put binaries in separate folders.

After copying the files, restart GIMP. The new GEGL operations should now be available in GIMP.

If pre-compiled binaries (.so files) are provided, you can skip the compilation steps. Just copy these .so files directly to the /home/$(whoami)/.local/share/gegl-0.4/plug-ins/ directory and restart GIMP.

.dylib file filter binaries go in /Library/Application Support/gegl/0.4/plug-ins/ or perhaps /home/(USERNAME)/.local/share/gegl-0.4/plug-ins

You may need to create plug-ins folder if it doesn't exist.

--Instructions to compile on Mac due to lack of binaries --

https://brew.sh/

http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20357

Install Homebrew with /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" then

https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/meson#default brew install meson

https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ninja#default brew install ninja

https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gegl#default brew install gegl

Then Compile every C file as you would on Linux using Meson and Ninja. Perhaps even my build.sh script will work. Then right-click on each individual .dylib file and then select open (in the finder), and it asks if you really want to open it. After that restart Gimp go to GEGL Operation. The plugin('s) *should work. Each .dylib file needs to be manually approved. So running this in a folder to do exactly the same thing may be a good idea. cd ~/Library/Application Support/gegl/0.4/plug-ins/ # assuming it was installed here sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine *

Stable https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL-Effects---Layer-Effects-in-Gimp-using-GEGL/

or test its experimental update.... https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL-Effects---Layer-Effects-in-Gimp-using-GEGL/tree/GEGL-Effects-Continual-Experimental-update

This filter also ships with GEGL Inner Glow and GEGL Bevel and Glass on Text which are useful operations on their own.

https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL-Custom-Bevel

A improved version of Gimp's Drop Shadow filter but it starts as a outline and knocks out the original image unless set to normal blend mode. Then it will behave like a normal outline and shadow. It even has an image file overlay mode. What makes it better then dropshadow is that it applies the effect on its own layer. https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL-SSG-Stroke-Shadow-Glow-/

Just like the long shadow filter but it uses pixel data https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL-Extrusion-2----Fork-of-GEGL-Long-Shadow

A glossy bevelish effect that looks like glossy paste. https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GEGL-glossy-balloon-text-styling

Some people are having issues with my GEGL/Gimp plugins because they are making sub folders for each GEGL plugin of mine. All GEGL plugins should be in the same folder with no subfolders or any other file type. Folder should only contain binaries (.dll or .so) for your OS. Subfolders of binaries can lead to scenarios where users have two copies of a dependency and GEGL defaults to using an older version thus breaking plugins that need a newer dependency. Other file types could lead to Gimp not starting up.

This is a filter I made that has dozens of unique fancy text style presets, but they all have very little editability. Meaning you can't do much with their sliders but they are off the charts amazing such as things like "cake text". This filter ships with MANY other plugins of mine, so expect a surprise of bonuses. If you already have those plugins overwrite all of them with the latest version

https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/Gimp-Text-Style-Collection-Plugin

Enjoy!