Make your own buttons set:¶

Gimp script to generate Button Backrounds in any size/colour you like¶

To install gimp from your package repository (Debian/Ubuntu and derivatives), open up a terminal and type sudo aptitude install gimp
(Or alternatively go through your distributions graphical package manager)
Download the following file by typing the following or clicking this link wget http://registry.gimp.org/files/vista_button.scm
Copy/move the file to ~/.gimp-2.6/scripts/ (note: if you have an older/newer version of gimp, change the location to the appropriate version.)
Restart gimp and go to: Filters > Script-Fu > Refresh Scripts
The script should now be available in the menu bar at the top under script-fu

To download Gimp for Mac, go to the following page: http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/
Download the plugin from the following link
Go to the following folder in Finder: Library / Application Support / Gimp / Scripts
Drag and drop the plugin you downloaded into the scripts folder
Restart gimp and go to: Filters > Script-Fu > Refresh Scripts
The script should now be available in the menu bar at the top under script-fu

Preferred method:

Download one of the files from this site, burn it to a CDR and restart your computer with the disk inserted
Follow the instructions to install and then continue with the Linux instructions above

Alternative method for those who can’t bear to part with Windows:

Get a copy of Gimp for windows from this site
Double click the install file to install gimp
Download the script-fu plugin from here
Put the downloaded script into the following folder: C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\.gimp-2.6\scripts
Restart gimp and go to: Filters > Script-Fu > Refresh Scripts
The script should now be available in the menu bar at the top under script-fu