>My best guess at this point is that GIMP gave you the message that the >file was saved, because GIMP was all through with it, but that the >Operating system was not finished writing the file to the disk. When you >shut off the power, nothing further got written, and you have a >corrupted file image on the disk. > >If you happen to have made incremental back-ups (that is, saving your >work periodically, under different names--like myfile1.xcf, myfile2.xcf, >&c--like every 20 minutes or so, this would be a time when they would be >quite useful, as you could simply go back to the last back up. >Otherwise, if you happen to be skilled with low level file editing and >the details of the ~.xcf format, you might be able to open the image in >a file editor, and recover some of the information in the file, but >since I follow the incremental back-up method religiously, I've never >had to do that. > >ns
Sounds logical! Dammit! I'm doomed! The one time I decide not to save backup xD I hate myself so much right now! But what kind of file editor are we talking about here? Like another program or something like that? Sad hugs, Anna -- Anna (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
