[Gimp-user] HELP! FAST!
Hi ya all! Even thou I'm new to this forum, I've used gimp for like 2 years now so I know a thing or two about it! BUT RIGHT NOW I NEED HELP! I was just finishing a drawing and then I pressed the save button and saved it. Right after that I turned of my computer *Gimp said that the drawing was saved btw* But when I turned it on again and open Gimp, then try to open the drawing Gimp tells me that the file is broken, in fact so broken that it can't open it! Help me please I've been drawing on it for like 3 whole days! And it's really important that I recover it! Is it anyway for me to save it? Please help me! -- Anna (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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On 05/23/2010 03:55 PM, Anna wrote: Right after that I turned off my computer Just to make sure: Did you turn it off by cutting power, or did you turn it off in a proper/nice way? / Martin -- My GIMP Blog: http://www.chromecode.com/ GIMP 2.8 development still under control ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] HELP! FAST!
Hello Anna, When asking for help on any forum, it is a good idea to let people know a minimum of information: 1. Which platform are you using? [Mac OSX, Linux, FreeBSD, Other?] 2. Which version of The Gimp are you using? 3. Which file format did you save the work as? [.xcf, .jpg, .png, .other?] da Bear Hi Bear, Sorry, I completely forgot kinda stressed you see xD I use Windows XP, I have gimp 2.6 (I downloaded the newest one I think) and I saved it as a xcf file. Hugs Anna -- Adlevo (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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Anna wrote: I was just finishing a drawing and then I pressed the save button and saved it. Right after that I turned of my computer *Gimp said that the drawing was saved btw* But when I turned it on again and open Gimp, then try to open the drawing Gimp tells me that the file is broken, in fact so broken that it can't open it! Help me please I've been drawing on it for like 3 whole days! And it's really important that I recover it! Is it anyway for me to save it? Please help me! My best guess at this point is that GIMP gave you the message that the file was saved, because GIMP was all through with it, but that the Operating system was not finished writing the file to the disk. When you shut off the power, nothing further got written, and you have a corrupted file image on the disk. If you happen to have made incremental back-ups (that is, saving your work periodically, under different names--like myfile1.xcf, myfile2.xcf, c--like every 20 minutes or so, this would be a time when they would be quite useful, as you could simply go back to the last back up. Otherwise, if you happen to be skilled with low level file editing and the details of the ~.xcf format, you might be able to open the image in a file editor, and recover some of the information in the file, but since I follow the incremental back-up method religiously, I've never had to do that. ns ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] HELP! FAST!
My best guess at this point is that GIMP gave you the message that the file was saved, because GIMP was all through with it, but that the Operating system was not finished writing the file to the disk. When you shut off the power, nothing further got written, and you have a corrupted file image on the disk. If you happen to have made incremental back-ups (that is, saving your work periodically, under different names--like myfile1.xcf, myfile2.xcf, c--like every 20 minutes or so, this would be a time when they would be quite useful, as you could simply go back to the last back up. Otherwise, if you happen to be skilled with low level file editing and the details of the ~.xcf format, you might be able to open the image in a file editor, and recover some of the information in the file, but since I follow the incremental back-up method religiously, I've never had to do that. ns Sounds logical! Dammit! I'm doomed! The one time I decide not to save backup xD I hate myself so much right now! But what kind of file editor are we talking about here? Like another program or something like that? Sad hugs, Anna -- Anna (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 16:32:06 +0200 (CEST), Anna wrote: But what kind of file editor are we talking about here? Like another program or something like that? Hex editor - not something for the faint-hearted. -- Jernej Simončič http://eternallybored.org/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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Some kind of Hex editor I would guess. Johnny Rosenberg I'm totally doomed xD Well thanks for the help anyways^^ -- Anna (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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Well, now you know why you should NEVER do that. Let this be an important lesson for you. Unfortunately I don't have a solution for you in this case... Johnny Rosenberg Johnny Rosenberg Thanks anyway Johnny ^^ -- Adlevo (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 16:32:06 +0200 (CEST), Anna wrote: But what kind of file editor are we talking about here? Like another program or something like that? Hex editor - not something for the faint-hearted. So like. Are there any good tips on how to use it:p Cause I've downloaded it but. ehm, no. I really just went, Hell no when I saw it :P Any idea on how I might proceed? Anna -- Adlevo (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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On Sunday 23 May 2010, Anna wrote: Some kind of Hex editor I would guess. Johnny Rosenberg I'm totally doomed xD Well thanks for the help anyways^^ To help prevent that sort of thing in the future, please give the filesystem time to flush everything to disk before hitting the power switch. Modern operating systems, windows included, don't have a clue that your finger is headed for the switch. And modern operating systems also have a shutdown procedure that is designed to make sure everything is all cleaned up and put away, then they can kill the power themselves once its safe to do so. So please do use the systems shutdown, its a good way to have confidence that it will all be there the next time you boot it up. -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) management, n.: The art of getting other people to do all the work. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 17:01:06 +0200 (CEST), Adlevo wrote: So like. Are there any good tips on how to use it:p Cause I've downloaded it but. ehm, no. I really just went, Hell no when I saw it :P Any idea on how I might proceed? First just use it to look if there's anything in the file (that it's not empty or blank - because if it is, there's no point in doing anything else). If it's not empty, you'll need to find out what's wrong with it - but since you don't know the XCF format, you'd have to learn that first, which will definitely take longer than 3 days (and even then it's not guaranteed that you'll be able to recover the image). -- Jernej Simončič http://eternallybored.org/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] HELP! FAST!
First just use it to look if there's anything in the file (that it's not empty or blank - because if it is, there's no point in doing anything else). If it's not empty, you'll need to find out what's wrong with it - but since you don't know the XCF format, you'd have to learn that first, which will definitely take longer than 3 days (and even then it's not guaranteed that you'll be able to recover the image). Well there's some numbers there and stuff. So then hope ain't completely lost:P Jeee, do I sound like a blond girl xD But this really ain't my field xD But tnx anway3 -- Adlevo (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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On 23 May 2010 17:04, bhaaluu bhaa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Anna, When asking for help on any forum, it is a good idea to let people know a minimum of information: 1. Which platform are you using? [Mac OSX, Linux, FreeBSD, Other?] 2. Which version of The Gimp are you using? 3. Which file format did you save the work as? [.xcf, .jpg, .png, .other?] da Bear 4) A descriptive subject -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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On Sunday, May 23, 2010 07:40:44 am Anna wrote: Some kind of Hex editor I would guess. Johnny Rosenberg I'm totally doomed xD Well thanks for the help anyways^^ An additional possibility is a local computer shop may have ability to recover corrupt files. But it will cost something. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 08:52:13 -0700, upscope wrote: An additional possibility is a local computer shop may have ability to recover corrupt files. But it will cost something. Unlikely in this case, since the file probably hasn't even reached the disk. -- Jernej Simončič http://eternallybored.org/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 19:10:59 +0200 (CEST) Adlevo for...@gimpusers.com wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 17:46:48 +0200 (CEST), Adlevo wrote: Well there's some numbers there and stuff. So then hope ain't completely lost:P Jeee, do I sound like a blond girl xD But this really ain't my field xD But tnx anway3 Nah, it's just that reconstructing even trivial files is a complicated process (and GIMP's XCF format is anything but trivial). Heh, yeah^^ Tnx anway ^^ I appreciate the help3 You may consider a backup utility such as in http://registry.gimp.org/node/14246 to be a useful tool for your workflow. Owen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
