Minimize your gimp load times.

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Hi!

I just did this again to my windows system at home, at work on a Linux system, I have had it for quite some time and it is nice :)…

navigate to the
…\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\brushes
folder and delete all the brushes you never use.

next goto the
…\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\patterns
delete all the patterns that you never use.

better yet, move the files to a backup folder in case you want to use them later.

you can do the same thing with the Scripts and filters too.

At work I have it down to the basics for model texturing… Blur, Sharpen, de-speckle and a few other basics.
Gimp loads in a fraction of a second.

anyways…
the fewer things it has to load at the start the better for small load times :slight_smile:

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I still remember the old days when GIMP takes a full minute to load all the script-fu’s.
Just a quick note, you can also do the same thing in Photoshop to speed up the launch. Simply rename the folders will do.

3

my fonts on Vista take FOREVER…could I copy a few over to somewhere and point gimp to that folder? I’m thinking it is sifting thru windows/fonts or something like that…?

4

File–>Preferences–>Folders–>Fonts

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OK, I’ve got half of a solution:
Open File/Preferences, in the popup window you’ll find folders/fonts with at least one default path. This is good for pointing gimp towards additional fonts, but you’d need to stop it digging through windows/fonts as well - second half pending…:smiley:

Regards

6

Yes, of course. Sorry for bad info. But I did run into this:

http://gug.sunsite.dk/forum/?threadid=3246

7

gimp --no-fonts

awesome! thanks Skottish!