Re: [Gimp-developer] proposed solution for: protection from protection from data loss

2008-06-12 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 02:09 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, i'm thinking of the case where you saved those 25 steps to a jpeg and the next day, sitting in the plane to your customer, you discover that this curve should be tweaked a litte bit more. That is exactly why JPEG should

Re: [Gimp-developer] proposed solution for: protection from protection from data loss

2008-06-12 Thread gg
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:36:39 +0200, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 02:09 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, i'm thinking of the case where you saved those 25 steps to a jpeg and the next day, sitting in the plane to your customer, you discover that this

Re: [Gimp-developer] proposed solution for: protection from protection from data loss

2008-06-12 Thread gib_mir_mehl
Hi all, Sven Neumann wrote: [..] JPEG should not be offered as a save format. Saving to a JPEG file is clearly an export. this is totally true. The problem is that this violates widely accepted UI standards. Usability shows it's ugly side here by demanding conformance to users' expectations

Re: [Gimp-developer] proposed solution for: protection from protection from data loss

2008-06-12 Thread Øyvind Kolås
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dreaming of Adam's Pupus Pipeline[3] for nearly a decade now, i doubt the upcoming GEGL goodness will fill in that role anytime soon. GEGL is basically Pupus, it doesn't do network transparent buffers yet, but it has an infrastructure

Re: [Gimp-developer] proposed solution for: protection from information loss

2008-06-12 Thread gib_mir_mehl
Hi all, Carl Karsten wrote: proposed spec: File Open/Save/Save_as_Copy only work on .xcf - all other formats must use File Import/Export.[1] What about using just Import/Export? The GIMP could take care of saving automatically, e.g. by writing XCFs to a private folder. Import/Export work

Re: [Gimp-developer] Specs for Export/Save User Interface

2008-06-12 Thread Akkana Peck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 3) Putting Text on a .png (in-place file editing) - Open bla.png - Text layer created - Export to bla.png exporting to currently opened file is admittedly ugly, but consistent. The image stays