> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:28:43 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Useability enhancement request: > unified/expanded file export dialog > > On 03/11/2015 05:05 PM, Ofnuts wrote: > > For current Gimp there is the "Save for Web" plug-in that lets you > > crop/scale the image. However it's not uncommon to do a little bit of > > sharpening after a downscale, or maybe add some watermark... Better take > > the habit to use Image>Duplicate. This creates an "untitled" image to > > there is little risk to overwrite the original image with a scaled down > > version(*). > > True, usually resizing is followed by adding some sharpening and such. I > completely overlooked Image->Duplicate, so thanks! (not the first > "already there in plain sight" GIMP feature that I've overlooked). > > Elle > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
If my only reason for duplicating the image is to prevent accidentally saving a resized/flattened version over the original workfile, I wouldn't mind having a checkbox on the Resize dialog to do that automatically. (For compare and contrast: the Decompose/Compose plugins [necessarily] output their results to a new image window) -- Stratadrake [email protected] -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
