On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Chris Mohler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Personally, after a couple of hours or so of work (in any graphics > program), I usually do a File->Save As and append a number to the > filename. So if I start a project, I'll save it as something like > "my_project_01.xcf", then after a while save as "my_project_02.xcf" - > that way even if I close or crash GIMP I have a series of 'snapshots' > of the project I can go back to if needed. This has saved me from > disaster more than once - I've seen everything from lightning strikes > to pets eating power cords, not to mention pilot error ;)
Hah! That reminds me of the typical workflow for Photoshop 4 (anyone remember 1998?). It only had a single undo level, so you had to save like that after every single edit if you wanted to be able to go back a reasonable number of steps. I'd say the workflow you describe is probably one of the best ones to adopt when working on any large graphic project. That's how all the employees (including myself) did it when I worked for a multimedia company, and it saved my ass more than once. -- Frank Gore www.ProjectPontiac.com _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
