OH HEY GUYS
So. Today I’ll be posting a tutorial on how to install GAP (GIMP Animation Package). It’s required for making GIFS (which I will be doing a tutorial on SOON) and the installation is a *bit* complicated, I had to click around before I could actually get it to work.
Step 1: Go to this site. It’ll either start download automatically or you will be linked to a Deviant Art page. If you happen to be sent to the Deviant Art page, simply click on “download file” near the top right corner.
Step 2: Open the file. It’ll probably be in your downloads folder. Look for a folder titled “GAP_2_6_for_Gimp_2_6_Windows_by_photocomix_resources” and open it and the folder within it. There should be several folders, here are the ones that should be in it: EXTRA_ANIMATION_SCRIPTS, EXTRA-AUDIO-support, EXTRA-plugin-Animated_Cursor, GAP-installer, TUTORIAL_Doc, and a text document called HOW TO INSTALL. Open the GAP-Installer folder and open the installer. Complete the installation which is pretty straightforward.
Step 3 (yep you’re not done): Go back to your Downloads folder. There should be a folder called “lib”. Open it and open the folder named Gimp > 2.0 > plug-ins > Select all of the items in the folder (ctrl+a). Copy.
Step 4: Go to your local disk (probably your C: Drive) and click on the folder that’s called “Users”. Find the folder that has your account name on it. Open it and there will be a folder titled “.gimp-2.8”, and it will most likely be at the top of the folder. Open the folder and look for another folder called “plug-ins”. Open it and paste. All the plug-ins should be in that folder.
Step 5: Now open GIMP. There should be a new “Video” option on the options bar between “Filters” and “Windows”. If there is, then YAY you successfully installed GAP 😀 If not, then I don’t even know what to do lol, uninstall GAP and the plug-ins and do it over again.
STAY TUNED FOR THE GIF TUTORIAL (omg I’m hyping this up)!! Leave comments below if this helped you! 🙂
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