GIMP-ML/INSTALLATION.md

GIMP-ML directory structure

|-- GIMP-ML
|   |-- gimp-plugins
|       |-- gimpenv
|       |-- weights
|       |-- .........
|       |-- <plugin files and folders>
|       |-- .........
|       |-- installGimpML.sh
|-- README.md
|-- INSTALLATION.md

Installation Methods

Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/kritiksoman/GIMP-ML.git

Manual Setup

[1] Install python 2.7 using sudo apt install python2-minimal or sudo apt install python-minimal if not already present.
[2] Download and install pip wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py , followed by python get-pip.py, if not already present.
[3] Install virtualenv package with python -m pip install --user virtualenv.
[4] Create a virtual environment gimpenv in the gimp-plugins folder using python -m virtualenv gimpenv.
[5] Activate the environment and install torchvision, "opencv-python<=4.3", numpy, future, torch, scipy, typing, enum, pretrainedmodels, requests using pip.
[6] Open GIMP and go to Preferences -> Folders -> Plug-ins, add the folder gimp-plugins and close GIMP.
[7] Download the weights folder from link and move it inside gimp-plugins folder.
[8] Allow the python scripts to be executable using chmod +x *.py in the gimp-plugins folder.
[9] Run GIMP.
Note: See installGimpML.sh if getting stuck.

Using shell script and update tool

[1] Open terminal, go to GIMP-ML/gimp-plugins and run : bash installGimpML.sh
[2] Open GIMP and go to Preferences -> Folders -> Plug-ins, add the folder gimp-plugins and restart GIMP.
[3] Go to Layer->GIMP-ML->update, click on ok with "update weights" set to yes and restart GIMP. (Weights ~ 1.5GB will be downloaded)