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.
"export-image-keep-the-original-open silliness" ??
All software I am aware of when you export an image, this very image stays open! I do need to close it manually or close the software, it would make no sense to close an image when exporting.
If flattening is a part of your workflow when you export, don't blame GIMP.
(why some one would flatten a bunch of hard worked layers, in first place?)
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!
Wishing bad things to other people, that is not nice!
Happily we love this feature.
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.
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A quick search on Google "Export file" 2 first links
Most computer programs have their own way of organizing and encoding data into the files they save. They can recognize their own files but not files from another program. To export a file, the computer has to save data in a format that another program will recognize. The programmers must build this capability into the program itself, so programs are able to export in some file formats and not in others. https://www.techwalla.com/articles/what ... ort-a-fileIn a personal computer application, to export is to convert a file into another format than the one it is currently in. Once the file is exported to the desired format (specified in its file name suffix), it can be opened and worked on by an application that recognizes and uses this format. Adobe Photoshop and other programs use this term https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/exportBTW Adobe Photoshop has recently "hardened" it's "export jpg", trying to be foolproof, so on youtube you have a lot of PS channels complaining that to export as jpg it's now kind of "hidden" but we know all that a common mistake that people like designer or engineer make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
I would recommend a simple mnemotechnic to not make a mistake anymore
What's the native file format of GIMP? it's XCF, so I save or save as... .xcf
Everything else are "foreign" format, so I export or export as...
Strangely enough Krita is an exception and quite confusing the very first time(although the window is nicely made), but if I make a mistake in Krita I'll blame myself to not have RTFM, not the software...