Creating tokens

I ran into an issue where I had a bunch of large (full page size) images with lots of little images that I wanted to use for tokens within them. So that I wouldn't go insane I put together this python-fu script for Gimp 2.6 which does 99% of the work. <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/zaiah2liql7gh38/create_token.py" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/zaiah2liql7gh38/create_token.py</a> To use: Stick the script linked above in ~/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins/ Start Gimp Open your large image Select the area you want to use as a token (needs to have a consistent background color) Go to the "My Scripts > Create Token" menu Enter the file name Hit OK The script will create a new image from the selection, autocrop it to fit the actual token and replace the background with a 50% transparent white fill.

If you've never used it, I highly recommend TokenTool, from <a href="http://www.rptools.net" rel="nofollow">www.rptools.net</a>. It's designed specifically for token creation - you drag an image onto it, and it provides a frame to "punch out" the token from the image and save it as a PNG file. You can drop a large image, such as one with multiple tokens, into it and then just move it around and hit "File->Save Token" for each one. It offers multiple frames (square, round, hex, etc.) and transparency options. There's a screenshot attached: