>On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Kfayejessee <for...@gimpusers.com> wrote: >> So I have been working on this painting for over a week…
>Rule #1: Perform regular backups >Rule #2: See Rule #1 >Sorry for the semi-snarky response, but it is a good set of rules and >will save you time and heartache when things really go wrong ;) >When I'm working on File-01.xcf, after an hour or two of work I do >"Save As" and name that "File-02.xcf", and so on. And there are >plug-ins in the registry that automatically make incremental backups. >My first guess as to the the cause of the corruption is hardware. A >full or failing disk, corrupt RAM, etc. Or I've had issues with >saving to flaky shared storage. The prognosis is not good if it's any >of these. >What version of GIMP are you using (see "Help->About")? What >operating system? Are you saving to an internal hard drive, or >external storage? Can you post a link to the XCF online somewhere? >Chris I did make a back up...but it still cuts out about five hours of my work...i guess if there isn't any way to fix it then i will just work over night to finish...lame! -- Kfayejessee (via gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
