I fell in love with The GIMP ever since I started using it about 6 months ago to demonstrate the stall during the FSTival last year and I have used it for all kinds of image editing ever since.So,when we decided to create a CD Label, my first choice was the GIMP.After some amount of Googling, I decided that I couldn't have made a better choice.
It is not all that difficult.All you have to do is first copy everything from this link and paste it in Gedit or whatever Text Editor you use.Save the file with extension .scm.Now open your Home folder and press Ctrl+H to view all hidden folders and files (there is a wealth of information out there in those hidden folders- more about it in another post though).Now copy the scm file you just saved and open the folder .gimp-2.2 and then the subfolder scripts and paste the scm folder here.
Now open GIMP from the menu and in the GIMP menubar go to Xtns>ScriptFu>Misc>CDLabel.If the CD Label option can't be found you probably messed up while pasting the scm file.In the dialog that opens,as you can see the Script even supports MiniCDs.Just leave the Diameter option unchanged but adjust the Background Color to your liking.
The next step?Hey,there is no next step.You just gotta edit it like any other image and you have your own CD Label ready.
If you have printers that support Printing directly on CDs,great.If not , I guess you have to cut off the unnecessary part from the paper.I have not actually tried out the printing part ,so do let me know if you end up with any problems there.
Friday, January 9, 2009
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Hi
Thanks for this resource :) I'd love to be able to print a label, but unfortunately the link leads to a blank .gif. Am I missing something?
Thanks
Mike
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