[gimp-web/testing] Add tutorial for finding/adding asset folder locations
- From: Pat David <patdavid src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
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- Subject: [gimp-web/testing] Add tutorial for finding/adding asset folder locations
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:45:46 +0000 (UTC)
commit 1296a5606ce549578d1dccd1e4d548b225929502
Author: Pat David <patdavid gmail com>
Date: Wed Jan 25 11:44:41 2017 -0600
Add tutorial for finding/adding asset folder locations
This is a FAQ that should address questions about how/where to
put assets to "install" them in GIMP. Please point folks here
in the future when they ask these types of questions...
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+Title: Asset Folders
+Date: 2017-01-25T08:44:05-06:00
+Authors: Pat David
+Template: page_author
+Summary: A quick look at some easy features.
+
+
+## So You Want to Install Some Assets?
+
+GIMP allows users to include various types of assets to extend its functionality.
+These assets include common items such as brushes, patterns, palettes, fonts, Plug-Ins, and Scripts.
+A common question from new users is how to install these assets, so we are going to look at that here!
+
+
+## Finding Asset Folders
+
+GIMP searches for these assets in locations specified in the _Preferences_ dialog.
+To open it go to:
+
+<div class="MenuCmd"><span>Edit → Preferences</span></div>
+
+Which will open the GIMP preferences dialog:
+
+<figure>
+<img src='{filename}GIMP-Preferences.png' alt='GIMP Preferences Dialog'>
+</figure>
+
+Expanding the **Folders** in the left pane of the dialog will expose the various asset folder locations:
+
+<figure>
+<img src='{filename}GIMP-Preferences-Folders.png' alt='GIMP Preferences Folders Dialog'>
+</figure>
+
+Selecting one of the options on the left will show the current paths that GIMP will search for that option.
+In the example above you can see that there are three locations that GIMP will search for _Script-Fu_
scripts:
+
+```
+C:\Users\patrickd\.gimp-2.8\scripts
+C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\scripts
+F:\Personal\gimp-scripts
+```
+
+You can make scripts available (ie: install them) in GIMP by placing them in any of the listed folders.
+
+Before you just start placing scripts in any folder you see here though, let's think about this for a moment.
+The first two locations are default locations that are created by GIMP.
+The third entry, however, is a custom entry.
+
+It can be very helpful to save GIMP assets to a directory outside of the default paths.
+In the event that you want to upgrade or try a different version of GIMP, you can simply point the
appropriate folder to this location to make the assets available again.
+You can also use a folder as part of a file-syncing service to make scripts and assets available across
different computers.
+
+
+## Defining Asset Folders
+
+On the right side of the dialog there are a series of buttons that allow you to manage the folders in the
list:
+
+<figure>
+<img src='{filename}GIMP-Preferences-Define.png' alt='GIMP Preferences Define Folders Dialog'>
+</figure>
+
+
+The first button is to define a new folder location to search.
+The second and third are to change the order that GIMP searches the folders.
+The fourth is to delete an entry, and the button to the far right invokes the file dialog.
+
+To define a new location, start by pressing the first button.
+Then use the file chooser button on the far right to navigate your file system and find a folder you'd like
to add to this list.
+
+For example, I've navigated to, and chosen, the folder `F:\Personal\github\test-gimp-scripts`:
+
+<figure>
+<img src='{filename}GIMP-Preferences-Folders-New.png' alt='GIMP Preferences Define New Folders'>
+</figure>
+
+If you're happy with your choice, you can press the **OK** button to save your changes.
+If not, you can press the _Delete_ button to remove that entry.
+
+
+
+## In Conclusion
+
+This is the definitive means for determining _where_ GIMP is looking for these various assets.
+It will work regardless of OS and should be the default method for finding these folder locations.
+
+TIP: If possible, consider using a separate folder to store your own assets in, and then linking to it from
these dialogs.
+
+
+---
+
+
+<small>
+<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US" rel="license"><img class='cc-badge'
alt="Creative Commons License" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/3.0/80x15.png" /></a>
+<span xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">GIMP Tutorial - GIMP Quickies (text & images)</span> by [Pat
David](http://blog.patdavid.net)
+is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US).
+</small>
+
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