traGtor 0.8.45: separation char and name/path buttons
Mittwoch, den 11. Januar 2012Version 0.8.45: * Auto detection of stream separation char in newer ffmpeg * Buttons to set path and name like source file in out file tab * Changes in the italian language file – thanks to Fabio “Regulus” Boccaletti!
Damn, I bet this was the longest time you had to wait for an urgent update :/ Sorry for that.
Some things are untested (e.g. if a stream has a language indicator) so hopefully it doesn’t break things.
Big thanks to telperion for his contribution about the newer separation char and the bug with the size detection!
Oh an don’t miss this:
GIMP Plug-In “Moderated Blur” for Tilt Shift or Depth-Of-Field Effects
Sonntag, den 1. Januar 2012I often needed this kind of plugin to add some depth to images and always used creepy workarounds to get my results. Yesterday I started thinking about the problem of dynamic blur radiants and now “Moderated Blur” is available as a Python-Fu plug-in for GIMP.
This plugin enables dynamic transitions between blur radiants and can be used for a lot of camera- and optical effects (example). It uses a grayscale map to determine the blur radiant and can be configured with some options:
- Moderator: Select the layer that will be converted to greyscale and that will be used as the “blur map”
- Min Blur: The minimum blur, used in black areas of the map
- Max Blur: The maximum blur, used in white regions of the map
- Accuracy: The amount of different regions. Each region is blurred on its own so this raises render time.
- Order: Which blur intensity should be composited on top? Use Min for sharp edges and Max for soft transitions.
- Scale: Use logarithmic or linear blur radiants. Logarithmic blur starts softer and creates a nicer field of depth.
Installation
Download the script, unpack it an move it to ~/.gimp-x.x/plug-ins/
Usage
- Create a layer with grayscale content where white will trigger the highest blur radiant and black will use the minimum blur. Move it whereever you want in your layer stack, you can even set its opacity to 0.
- Select the layer to be affected
- Choose Filters -> Moderated Blur
- Choose the moderator layer you created, make other settings and start the process
- Optionally remove the moderator layer afterwards
Examples
Focus on my shitface
Field Of Depth
Tilt Shift (Fake Minitures)
Depth with edges
(Yes, the mask was dashed off – just thought as a demo)
traGtor 0.8.44: ffmpeg changed output again
Samstag, den 3. Dezember 2011Version 0.8.44: * Newer ffmpeg changed . to : in stream definition
xplanetFX: Christmas Special
Freitag, den 2. Dezember 2011traGtor 0.8.43: 2-Pass stuff
Sonntag, den 13. November 2011Version 0.8.43: * Send video file in first pass to /dev/null * Confirmation window resizable * Cleanup 2 pass log file (configurable)
xplanetFX 2.4.4: bugs in autostart and libwww-perl
Mittwoch, den 9. November 2011Version 2.4.4: * libwww-perl as dependency in control file and as target in --setup * Bug in creating autostart entries in GNOME and KDE if xplanetFX is the first application installed in a fresh home folder
xplanetFX in der LinuxUser Juli 2011
Mittwoch, den 9. November 2011
Erm… what?! xplanetFX hat’s im Juli tatsächlich in die LinuxUser geschafft?! !1 Unfassbar! Geht ja dann wohl nahtlos weiter mit Starrummel und Groupies pimpern. Ich glaub’, ich muss mal zum Frisör.
xplanetFX 2.4.2: Bug on some ImageMagick’s with atmosphere
Mittwoch, den 2. November 2011Version 2.4.2: * Bug with different ImageMagick versions: atmosphere was blurred above the earths edge and cut on the layers dimensions
Thanks a lot to Flav for the report and his help!
















