Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:42 pm
Sat Sep 11, 2021 3:12 pm
Mon Sep 13, 2021 1:32 am
Qruqs wrote:GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level
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I destroyed about two hours worth of layer work due to this export-image-keep-the-original-open silliness. I can no longer go back to the original layers, since the image was flattened as part of my workflow of exporting it.
Qruqs wrote:Anyway, I hope this GIMP "feature" affects many, many more people so we hopefully can get rid of it. It is a really, really bad idea!
Qruqs wrote:Until something better turns up, I am going to remove the keyboard shortcut for Ctrl-S, or maybe redirect it to "save as." It suddenly has become EXTREMELY dangerous.
I'm off to recreate the image with layers. Some of it was made in Krita, so this could maybe be used if I save the layers to separate files, but everything I made in GIMP is gone. Not a fun day... Hope I can remember all the steps involved.((
Mon Sep 13, 2021 2:11 am
Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:26 am
Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:54 am
Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:21 pm
Qruqs wrote:Think what this would be like in other programs, if they all behaved in the same manner.
Qruqs wrote:The reason for flattening has, for one, to do with making minor adjustments to the final image. Adjusting drawing mistakes around some edges (back in Krita, since its drawing engine IMO is superior to GIMP's, but GIMP has other features I want to access), but I really don't feel I have to explain myself why I do what I do..
Qruqs wrote:but I really don't feel I have to explain myself why I do what I do..
Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:43 am
The problem is that it keeps the file open as the original xcf, so if you hit Ctrl-S in the heat of the moment, you're done