Hello from South Africa

smoofzilla · **Joined:** Feb 09, 2017 **Posts:** 14

Hi there. I'm from South Africa... I am an online English teacher but also a webdesigner, although my GIMP skills are totally lacking...!

Gimp is wonderful. I have some suggestions though, TWO things that I think MUST be incorporated into a super-potent gimp.

1. Make a "gimp action recorder" so that Scripts are automatically generated so that after you perform your sequence of actions, you can stop it, and it is recorded into a script. This could do wonders for the GIMP community.

2. Make GIMP a video editor so all the effects can be applied to a timeline. These videos should be capable of being layered.

And, THATS IT. I have no other advice to give. I wonder if anyone will or can do this? Or if such fundamental suggestions could be taken seriously.
Much respect and love to all!

Smoofzilla!

Blighty II · **Joined:** Sep 23, 2016 **Posts:** 317

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sallyanne · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:45 am **(#4)**

Welcome to Gimp Chat Smoofzilla

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16161

Welcome to GimpChat.
If you search you can probably find a script for just about anything in GIMP.

Start here - viewforum.php?f=9

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2612

smoofzilla wrote:

1. Make a "gimp action recorder" so that Scripts are automatically generated so that after you perform your sequence of actions, you can stop it, and it is recorded into a script. This could do wonders for the GIMP community.

A macro recorder is a long standing request. Might happen in the future.

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2. Make GIMP a video editor so all the effects can be applied to a timeline. These videos should be capable of being layered.

Totally disagree with that. Gimp is not all-things-to-all-mankind. The more complexity, the greater the difficulty in maintaining the code. Remember it is kept up-to-date by enthusiasts & volunteers.
There is already an animation plugin, GAP that AFAIK is not maintained but might be worth a look at. Then there are video editors that are starting to incorporate gmic code. Still very limited at the moment.

A quick render with flowblade video editor using the gmic cartoon fllter.

https://youtu.be/jz8MaOXgREQ

Wallace · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:25 am **(#7)**

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Issabella · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:01 pm **(#9)**

Welcome to this forum, smoofzilla