Hello,
GIMP (
http://www.gimp.org) is the GNU Image Manipulation Program.
It is a
freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
GIMP can support Adobe-compatible plugin using third-party program
PSPI written by
Tor Lillqvist (
http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pspi.html).
In order to run Adobe-compatible plugins under GIMP you must to do following:
1. Download GIMP extension
PSPI from
http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/gimp-pspi-1.0.7.win32.zip2. Extract downloaded ZIP file to GIMP install folder (usually
c:\Program Files\Gimp-2.0)
IMPORTANT: file
pspi.exe must be in ?c:\Program Files\Gimp-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins? folder where ?c:\Program Files\Gimp-2.0? is a GIMP installation folder).
Do not run this file ? it is a GIMP extension, not stand-alone application.
3. Install third-party Adobe-compatible plugin (for example
ImageSkill Tile Builder -
http://www.imageskill.com/tilebuilder/TileBuilder_Demo_Setup.exe ) to any folder (default folder for ImageSkill Tile Builder is ?C:\Program Files\ImageSkill\Tile Builder Demo?)
3. Run (or re-run) GIMP and set folder for Adobe-compatible plugin using "
Filters-->Photoshop plugin settings" command (you will see it if install PSPI correctly)
If you install
PSPI.EXE incorrectly you do not see this menu item
4. Set ?
C:\Program Files\ImageSkill? as Adobe-compatible plugin folder.
7. Create layer (add alpha channel) from image using
"Layer-->Transparency-->Add Alpha Channel" command. It needs if you will run plugins that request layer (transparency) feature. For example
Background Remover or
Transluctor.
7. Run Tile Builder using "
Filters-->ImageSkill-->Tile Builder" command.
I hope that this information can help you.
Regards, Chernichenko Dmitry
