Sci-Fi-texture-generator

Sci-Fi bump mapping texture generator with GIMP Script-fu.

Table of Contents

• Description
• Screenshots
• Requirement
• Usage
• Install
• License
• Author

Description

Generate Sci-Fi bump mapping texture. It is processed by Script-fu of GIMP.

Screenshots

Sci-Fi-texture-generator with GIMP Python-fu demo - YouTube

Output example

Output sample 01 (1024x1024, png)

Output sample 02 (1024x1024, png)

Requirement

• Windows10 x64 21H2 + GIMP 2.10.30 Portable
• Windows10 x64 21H2 + GIMP 2.8.22 Portable
• Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS + GIMP 2.10.30 (flatpak version)
• Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS + GIMP 2.8.22

Usage

1. Start GIMP.
2. Create new image. 1024x1024 or 512x512 or 2048x2048.
3. Filters -> Render -> Sci-Fi texture pycairo. You get a bump mapping (B/W) texture.
4. Script-Fu -> Utils -> Sci-Fi texture makeup. You get a RGB texture.
5. Option. Filters -> Render -> Random boxes pycairo. Set layer mode to softlight. Set opacity to 20.

Install

• Copy sci-fi-texture3_pycairo.py to "GIMP-USER-FOLDER/plug-ins/"
• Copy sci-fi-texture-makeup.scm to "GIMP-USER-FOLDER/scripts/"
• Opyion. Copy random-boxes-pycairo.py to "GIMP-USER-FOLDER/plug-ins/"

GIMP-USER-FOLDER

• Linux

  • ~/.gimp-2.*/plug-ins/
  • ~/.gimp-2.*/scripts/

• Windows10/8.1/7

  • C:\Users\USERNAME\.gimp-2.*\plug-ins\
  • C:\Users\USERNAME\.gimp-2.*\scripts\

License

CC0 / Public Domain

Author

mieki256