GIMP PixelToolkit

Collection of pixel art-focused plugins for GIMP Image Editing Software.

Adding These Plugins to GIMP

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/Brody-Clark/Gimp-PixelToolkit.git

2. Build the xBRZ wrapper shared libraries
   1. Install cmake if you do not already have it.
   2. build the shared library using cmake

      cd xbrz_wrapper
      mkdir build
      cd build
      cmake ..
      cmake --build .

   3. Locate and copy the built library files for your platform and build configuration into the plugins/xbrz directory

      # From within the `build` directory run:
      mkdir -p ../../plugins/xbrz/    # Create an xbrz folder inside plugins/
      find -type f \( -name "*.so" -o -name "*.dll" -o -name "*.dylib" \) -exec cp {} ../../plugins/xbrz/ \;  # Copy the library file from build to plugins/xbrz/

3. Locate your GIMP plug-in directory, this can be found within GIMP under Edit > Preferences > Folders > Plug-ins
4. Copy all files and folders from this project's plugins directory to the GIMP plug-ins directory
5. Restart GIMP

Included Plugins

Sprite Sheet Exporter

• Allows you to combine all working layers of an image into a packed sprite sheet and export it to a chosen folder. Original image and layers remain unchanged.
• Located under Image > PixelToolkit > Export As Sprite Sheet

Sprite Sheet Slicer

• Simple sprite sheet utility designed to divide a packed tile sheet into individual layers.
• Located under Image > PixelToolkit > Slice Sprite Sheet

xBRZ Scaler

• Creates a non-destructive xBRZ-scaled image of active layer
• Located under Image > PixelToolkit > xBRZ Scale

32x32

128x128