Gimp scripting, making an animation

Ok, I'm not familiar with Gimp scripting, but I hear it's powerful. This is what I want to do:
1. Take a source image, and have it filled with a solid color, then redraw each pixel in an interlaced fashion, making a new layer for each frame. I calculated that I should have 4608 layers. The layer names are a number starting at 0.
2. output all the layers as pngs as "boot<layer #>.png"
So, can anyone help?
Edit: My source image is 48x96 px
Last edited by Anikom15 (2010-01-23 17:55:34)

First and foremost, don't waste any time at all with Script-Fu. The Tiny Scheme implementation is very good for what it is, but Python is 1,000,000 times better. What you want to do is a bit complex, but you can do it for sure. I would start by getting familiar with the Python interface. On GIMP 2.7, it's under Filters-->Python-Fu-->Console. The browse button will allow you to search for function names and the main window will print out the generic form of each function.

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SO Im making the frames for my animation on illustrator - im making 8 frames per artboard. (im gonna have around 450 frames)
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Sorry i did no explain my self.
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Bonsoir,
A certaines activités utilisant du flash, je rencontre ce message qui bloque ma page et m'oblige à annuler l'acitivité en cours.
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Le message que vous recevez :
Un script de cette animation ralentit l'exécution d'Adobe Flash Player
signifie que quelque chose qui a été codé (un calcul, un déplacement…) prend beaucoup plus de temps que nécessaire, sans avoir la moindre action. Les raisons fréquentes sont des imbrications de boucles ou des boucles infinies.
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