Am I going crazy? Can't open multiple files in GIMP?

[Jim Leonard]

I hope I'm going crazy, because I can't believe there isn't a way to
open multiple files in GIMP--and yet I can't do it. The File->Open
dialog won't let me tag more than one file for loading, it won't take a
glob (*.jpg, for example)--even script-fu won't take a glob.

I know GIMP can handle multiple files because I can simply open them
one by one. But this gets really tedious if I need to work on 15-25
files at a time. Is there any way to load multiple files in GIMP?
--
Jim Leonard; UNIX SysAdmin at PLATINUM technology; jim.l...@platinum.com

[markus]

In article <7iqaoj$dm5$1...@ptijrl.platinum.com>, Jim Leonard wrote:
>The File->Open
>dialog won't let me tag more than one file for loading, it won't take a
>glob (*.jpg, for example)

Don't know about this but ...

>--even script-fu won't take a glob.

... recently there showed up a plugin which handles globbing. Check it
out from the registry.

sincerly,
Markus
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[Bob Horvath]

Jim Leonard wrote:

> I hope I'm going crazy, because I can't believe there isn't a way to

> open multiple files in GIMP--and yet I can't do it. The File->Open

> dialog won't let me tag more than one file for loading, it won't take a

> glob (*.jpg, for example)--even script-fu won't take a glob.
>
> I know GIMP can handle multiple files because I can simply open them
> one by one. But this gets really tedious if I need to work on 15-25
> files at a time. Is there any way to load multiple files in GIMP?

gimp *.jpeg

[Adam D. Moss]

GIMP 1.1.x lets you tag more than one file for loading.
--Adam

[Fredrik Glöckner]

dc...@ptijrl.platinum.com (Jim Leonard) writes:

> I hope I'm going crazy, because I can't believe there isn't a way to
> open multiple files in GIMP--and yet I can't do it.

One way is to load multiple files when starting up Gimp, e.g.:

% gimp *.jpg

But if you want to load them into an already running Gimp, I don't know.

I've had the same problem myself when making animated GIF's from
multiple source files. The individual frames need to be loaded into
subsequent layers, which can be quite tedious to do manually. Do
anybody know of a hint which can make this process faster?

Fredrik

[Alex Harford]

Fredrik Glöckner wrote:

> I've had the same problem myself when making animated GIF's from
> multiple source files. The individual frames need to be loaded into
> subsequent layers, which can be quite tedious to do manually. Do
> anybody know of a hint which can make this process faster?

Have you looked at GAP (Gimp Animation Plugin)? I believe it has some
filters that you need. The one I have in mind is the one that makes a
multilayer file from different single layer files.

Find it at the registry.