Where did GIMP save my file, & how do I change default save location

kes · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2017 **Posts:** 16

GIMP Version: 2.10
Operating System: Linux
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

I'm using one of the Paul Sherman's famous 200 or so bundled scripts to auto save an image to JPG and exit

The script itself contains no default save location

Where is gimp saving my stuff and how do I change the default

ps it's not /home/$USER/.config/GIMP/2.10/{sub-folder}

Where might the image have been saved

And How do I set a default folder location

I've done a fair bit of searching, and have searched this topic before on a previous occasion with no results then either, hence i'm here to see if I can find out where the default save location might be and how to set this

when I go to
menu --> Edit --> Preferences --> Folders
there is no obvious "default save folder" setting option

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2615

Maybe a bit more info please. Which script and is it one of the latest 210_xxx.scm series

Are you applying the script in a batch process to a number of files ?

Generally, Open an image and it Exports to the same directory as the image. However a Save will go to ~/Documents unless you choose somewhere else.

For a new image they will end up in ~/Documents unless you select somewhere else. Annoying but no way to change that.

MareroQ · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:50 am **(#3)**

Perhaps I analyzed a different version but this script is not very safe and applies only to files already saved on the disk - if it is a jpg it will overwrite the existing file, if it has a different format it will save it as a jpg in the directory where the original file was located.
There is a much better alternative: Export layers with the option to save settings and re-save.
https://github.com/kamilburda/gimp-expo ... /tag/3.3.5

kes · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2017 **Posts:** 16

the script below

Code: Select all

; 210_save-as-jpg.scm

 (define (210_save-as-jpg-90 image) 
  (let* ((nameparts (strbreakup (car (gimp-image-get-filename image)) "."))
         (filename "")
       )
    (unless (and (> (length nameparts) 1)
                 (member (car (last nameparts)) '("jpg" "jpeg" "JPG" "JPEG"))
             )
   (set! nameparts (append (butlast nameparts) '("jpg"))) )
    (set! filename (unbreakupstr nameparts "."))
    (let* ((buffer (car (gimp-edit-named-copy-visible image "jpg buffer")))
      (new-image (car (gimp-edit-named-paste-as-new buffer)))
      (layer (car (gimp-image-flatten new-image))) )
      (unless (zero? (car (gimp-image-base-type new-image)))
        (gimp-image-convert-rgb new-image) )
        (file-jpeg-save RUN-NONINTERACTIVE 
           new-image 
           layer
           filename 
           filename 
           0.90 ; JPEG compression level
           0 ; smoothing 
           1 ; optimize 
           0 ; progressive 
           "" ; comment 
           0 ; subsmp (0-4)
           1 ; baseline 
           0 ; restart 
           0 ;dct 
           )
      (gimp-image-delete new-image)
     (gimp-image-clean-all image)
     (gimp-quit 1)
     )))

(script-fu-register "210_save-as-jpg-90"
  "<Image>/File/Save as JPG 90% & Exit"
  "Save the image as a JPG file\n\nFor more options and a proper file overwrite protected dialog, \nuse the FILE > EXPORT menu item when saving as a JPG.\n"
  ""
  ""
  "Oct 2020"
  "*"
  SF-IMAGE    "Image"    0
  )
(script-fu-menu-register "210_save-as-jpg-90" "<Image>/File/Save/")

kes · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2017 **Posts:** 16

rich2005 wrote:

Maybe a bit more info please. Which script and is it one of the latest 210_xxx.scm series

Are you applying the script in a batch process to a number of files ?

Generally, Open an image and it Exports to the same directory as the image. However a Save will go to ~/Documents unless you choose somewhere else.

For a new image they will end up in ~/Documents unless you select somewhere else. Annoying but no way to change that.

Applying it to 1 file only, not a batch

Image was not in ~/Documents. Been unable to find it

kes · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2017 **Posts:** 16

MareroQ wrote:

Perhaps I analyzed a different version but this script is not very safe and applies only to files already saved on the disk - if it is a jpg it will overwrite the existing file, if it has a different format it will save it as a jpg in the directory where the original file was located.
There is a much better alternative: Export layers with the option to save settings and re-save.
https://github.com/kamilburda/gimp-expo ... /tag/3.3.5

Ok, makes sense because the image I worked on was pasted into gimp, so GIMP had no default file location to save to.
So it has no default location for files so a file is not saved.
May be it is in temporary files somewhere

Also still can't find a way to set the default save location for a new GIMP creation

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sun Sep 14, 2025 6:51 pm **(#7)**

My files will go to Documents if I don't specify a folder for them to go in