[scrontch]

Hi,

i need a script to perform the following task:
Load a PNG image.
Load another (smaller) PNG image and place it as an overlay on the first one (it has transparent parts).
Then save the whole as a new PNG image.

This has to be done for a lot of images.
The first images are all of same size (32x32),
the second ones are smaller.

The position where to place the overlay is not always the same, so i plan that the info about which image to use and where to place the overlay could be provided in a csv file like:
backgroundimage-name, overlay-image-name, position-x, position-y

The script should go through the list and perform the task fully automated. This should be done from a command line if possible, so that the script itself can be part of scripted build process.

Does anyone have a similar script or can help develop it?

If not, how do i start quickly?
I am familiar with Python, (not with Script-Fu Lisp).
I am completely new to GIMP scripting however.
I read the "Python and Gimp" sticky section, but it seems outdated.

regards,
Scrontch

[paynekj]

It would be perfectly possible to write a suitable script in Python.

The GIMP Python documentation isn't a bad place to start to learn GIMP scripting: http://www.gimp.org/...thon/index.html and GimpChat has a list of scripting resources: http://gimpchat.com/...c.php?f=9&t=724

Although it must be said that your comment about running from the command line tends to suggest that ImageMagick might be your best solution. http://www.imagemagi...cript/index.php

Kevin

[scrontch]

Hi paynekk,
thanks for the suggestion.
But i figured out it will probably be easier to go directly with the Python Image Library.
Then i won't need any external program (including Gimp).

[ofnuts]

scrontch, on 22 October 2012 - 08:06 PM, said:

Hi paynekk,
thanks for the suggestion.
But i figured out it will probably be easier to go directly with the Python Image Library.
Then i won't need any external program (including Gimp).

But figuring out the right parms for IM is likely to be faster (and will run faster too). The ImageMagick forum has plenty of helpful people.