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Download scripts to use with Gimp
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Scripts add versatility and power to an already strong program. Downloading and installing them is an easy process. This process can also be applied to brushes, plugins, and gradients with some minor variations.

Quick Steps

  1. Install the script you want.
  2. Open the file using Notepad.
  3. Click Save As .
  4. Locate the script folder in your Gimp folder.
  5. Save the file in the script folder.
  1. Gimp scripts end with *.scm . Search for them by using terms such as, Gimp, script, scm.
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  3. If this is the first time you are doing this, your computer probably won't know what to do with the file.
  4. Notepad and WordPad will do what you need it to.
  5. You don't need to do anything with it, but what you see now is the text of the code.
  6. In this screenshot, the path is C:\Graphics\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\scripts
    • This directory might have this filepath for Windows 7 users - C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\scripts.
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