I know that i can export it with different file name but i don't believe it is simple and convenient, because while working it is hard to remember that gimp 2.8 has a strange feature for exporting and keeps old file name for exporting. And people tend to use ctrl+e automatically, and it messes all the work which is done...
>I believe the simple answer to your question is use the export to new file >option under the file menu. This gives you the chance to export a new file >under a different name. >Sent from my iPhone >On Oct 3, 2012, at 7:38 AM, realbezo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello again, does anyone have interest to solve this problem? How can i >> communicate with gimp developers, is writing on this forum not the proper >> way to ask something about gimp? >> I think it is senseless to keep old file name for export after saving as >> your image with different name? >> >>>>> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:48:15 +0200 >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> CC: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.8 export, after save as keeps old files name >>>> Hello, i have a question, when i open a new file and export it with >>>> ctrl+e, the gimp 2.8 exports the file with the current file name as >>>> expected but after i save (with save as) file with a new file name, >>>> ctrl+e exports the new file with the old file name, and i think it has >>>> to be changed, because it is an absolutely new file and it is senseless >>>> to keep the old file name for exporting the new file... >>>>> Is this a bug or did developers do this feature intentionally? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> realbezo (via gimpusers.com) >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> gimp-user-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list >> >>>> More specifically: >> >>>> 1 - Open any convenient (non XCF) image file. E.g. "filename.png" >>>> 2 - Access the Export command. The default filename shown is >>>> "filename.png" (e.g. whatever the source filename was). >>>> 3 - Access the Save As command. The default filename shown here is >>>> "filename.xcf". >>>> 4 - Save the image as an XCF but with a different filename, e.g. >>>> "filename.different.xcf" . >>>> 5 - Access the Export command again. The default filename is now >>>> "filename.different.png", not "filename.png". >> >>>> Why is that? >> >>>> -- Stratadrake >>>> [email protected] >>>> -------------------- >>>> Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. >> >>> Yes, this what i tried to ask. We create a new file with "save as" and it >>> keeps exporting with the old file name and overwrites file exported before, >>> this doesn't make sense to me. >> >> >> -- >> realbezo (via gimpusers.com) >> _______________________________________________ >> gimp-user-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- realbezo (via gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
