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by mmdm2000 :: Rate this Message:

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Is there any way to see a preview of the effects while you work, so
you can tell what adjusting the different sliders is going to do
before hitting ok?

And is there a way to save your settings as a preset? If I like what a
certain setting does, and want to be able to use it again without
trying to remember the settings?

I'm used to being able to preview changes and save presets with my
other program and just don't see a way to do that with GIMP. I'm sure
there must be a way to at least save the settings and I'm just
overlooking it.


Re: Filter questions

by Charles-78 :: Rate this Message:

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On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:21 PM, mmdm2000 <themccurleys@...> wrote:
> Is there any way to see a preview of the effects while you work, so
>  you can tell what adjusting the different sliders is going to do
>  before hitting ok?

That depends on the plugin itself. For example, with the gaussian blur
filter, we have a preview.

>  And is there a way to save your settings as a preset? If I like what a
>  certain setting does, and want to be able to use it again without
>  trying to remember the settings?

No, filters in GIMP is implemented as plugins which are more or less
like an external application which is run by GIMP. But if you have
some settings that are used repeatedly, you can create a GIMP script
yourself that calls the plugin with preset parameters. I think it
won't be too hard.