How to set up your Gimp to accept apng format in Windows

Slide · **Joined:** Dec 15, 2011 **Posts:** 129

I have both 2.6.11 and 2.7.5, but don't see it in the 2.7.5.
Thanks

partha · **Joined:** Mar 14, 2011 **Posts:** 998

Slide wrote:

I have both 2.6.11 and 2.7.5, but don't see it in the 2.7.5.
Thanks

I mean, use the technique that Rod outlined. Does that work for you with Gimp 2.7.5?

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16200

Slide wrote:

Maybe I don't know the steps to export them. I bring up 3, or 4 layers and save them as test.png. It saves (1 frame)with nothing as far as save as animation. What are the steps please?
Thanks

Slide when you save the image make sure to open the drop down menu (bottom left of the save dialog window)
In that drop down is a whole list of extensions Gimp understands.

Select png-apng and a dialog like this will open -

Be sure and click as animation and then select Export.
Your image will be saved as a animated png file.

To re-open that same file you have to open Gimp, go to File>Open, and use the same drop down menu and open your animated PNG AS png-apng to see the layers.

Hope that helps you.

Slide · **Joined:** Dec 15, 2011 **Posts:** 129

I finally found Rob's post. Thanks to everyone else that helped.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3387&start=10
It works.
Thanks

Slide · **Joined:** Dec 15, 2011 **Posts:** 129

Rod wrote:

Slide wrote:

Maybe I don't know the steps to export them. I bring up 3, or 4 layers and save them as test.png. It saves (1 frame)with nothing as far as save as animation. What are the steps please?
Thanks

Slide when you save the image make sure to open the drop down menu (bottom left of the save dialog window)
In that drop down is a whole list of extensions Gimp understands.
Select png-apng and a dialog like this will open -

Be sure and click as animation and then select Export.
Your image will be saved a s a animated png file.

To re-open that same file you have to open Gimp, go to File>Open, and use the same drop down menu and open your animated PNG AS png-apng to see the layers.

Hope that helps you.

Thanks Rob. I finally figured out where to put the files. I was using .gimp\plug-ins as the dir. Not the GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins dir like you said in the other post. It's working.
Thanks

MaxSt · **Joined:** May 15, 2010 **Posts:** 64

I'm working on the new version of APNG plugin.

Hopefully it will be ready for 2.8

Slide · **Joined:** Dec 15, 2011 **Posts:** 129

Great!
Thanks

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16200

MaxSt wrote:

I'm working on the new version of APNG plugin.

Hopefully it will be ready for 2.8

I do not see why it wouldn't work the way it is now Max.
Adding it to the newest dev version presented no problems for me.
And that is the next best thing to Gimp-2.8

As long as you add the intl.dll file from Gimp-2.6.11, the downloaded UI, and the file-png.exe it works fine in all versions.
Does for me anyways.

Maybe you could just package those three files together and call it good?
The main problem is you have to do this on every update as the files have to be in the lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins folder or they do not work.Fix that and it will be good to go in my opinion.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

In Partha's version of 1.7.4 I have the Apng files in C:\Users\Molly\.gimp-2.7\plug-ins works perfectly.

I did the same thing in Gimp 2.6.11 C:\Users\Molly\.gimp-2.0\plug-ins (doesn't work.) I also tried them in lib-2.0-plug-ins but that doesn't work either. I used about 3 diffferent versions of the plug-in, (at least from 3 different places)

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16200

Molly did you remove the old file-png and UI files first?
The old UI file must be replaced also with the new UI file from the apng zip folder.
I have those files in the USERFOLDER/gimp-2.6/plug-ins folder.

I only use the program directory path "gimp-2.7/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins" for gimp-2.7
Placing all the files from the downloaded apng zip folder in the user directory for gimp-2.6.11 should work as Gimp calls those files first.Gimp-2.6.11 already has the intl.dll file in the gimp-2.0/bin folder.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Yes I got rid of the file.png a long time ago. Since a few months back when I deleted gimp 2.6.11 and did a fresh install, I haven't been able to make the apng work. I wrote the tute over a year ago of what to do but it just doesn't work for me anymore. I place both the ui and the exe in the C:\Users\Molly\.gimp-2.0\plug-ins, I also tried putting them in lib, doesn't work there either.

Slide · **Joined:** Dec 15, 2011 **Posts:** 129

C:\Program Files (x86)\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins It's finally working for me Molly.

Thanks
PS forgot the Program Files (x86)

MareroQ · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:17 pm **(#53)**

Since last update JamesH version works - without need to removal file-png.exe
http://www.box.com/shared/vjk6f3ajgbtolp8876p2
For XP 32 File location:
C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.7\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\file-apng.exe
C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.7\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\libpng15-15.dll
C:\Documents and Settings\USER - Name of Your Login\.gimp-2.7\plug-ins\plug-in-file-apng.ui

Jamie990 · **Joined:** Dec 03, 2011 **Posts:** 149

I have it showing up in GIMP but for some reason it doesnt actually save as an animation am i supposed to put a numbe rin the number of plays box?

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

MareroQ, I also have it working in Gimp 2.7, but it doesn't work for me in Gimp 2.6.11
I didn't get any libpng15-15.dll in my downloads, just the exe and the ui files.

Slide · **Joined:** Dec 15, 2011 **Posts:** 129

Jamie990 wrote:

I have it showing up in GIMP but for some reason it doesnt actually save as an animation am i supposed to put a numbe rin the number of plays box?

Go back one page and look for the way Rod shows how to save the files.

MareroQ · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:56 pm **(#57)**

The latest version JamesH is only for Gimp> 2.7
(include libpng15-15.dll)
For Gimp 2.6 the only way to Rod.
All the hope in MaxSt
http://www.gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=218&start=40#p43160

MaxSt · **Joined:** May 15, 2010 **Posts:** 64

What I really want to change in the plugin (besides fixing a couple of well-known bugs) is to include automatic frame optimization into saving procedure, and automatic unoptimization into loading procedure.

I already finished the loading part.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Keep up the good work Max.

Jamie990 · **Joined:** Dec 03, 2011 **Posts:** 149

Slide wrote:

Jamie990 wrote:

I have it showing up in GIMP but for some reason it doesnt actually save as an animation am i supposed to put a numbe rin the number of plays box?

Go back one page and look for the way Rod shows how to save the files.

i did it that way selecting it in the drop down menu then clicking animation.