Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed
Yours is one of these cases where the new (and somewhat controversial) save/export distinction in 2.8 is actually a good thing, since after outputting a flat JPG you find you now want to go back and update the layer composition - only to find that your JPG doesn't contain any layer composition, everything was merged into a single flat RGB surface. There's no way around it - you NEED to have saved an XCF copy of your image to record the individual layers; if you didn't, then sorry but the only thing you can do is try to recreate the layer composition from scratch again. It is not necessarily wrong to export say a JPG/PNG copy of an image without saving an XCF workfile of it -- sometimes you really are finished with an image and don't need to go back and make further edits to it (and if the edits are extremely simple, like a photo crop/resize, then the amount of potential lost work may be an acceptably low risk), but if you think there's any chance of you coming back and tweaking it later, absolutely save an XCF version first. -- Stratadrake strata_ran...@hotmail.com Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:57:15 -0500 From: ellimae...@gmail.com To: opened...@gmail.com CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed I totally understood what you both said - but I didn't know that I had to save it both ways - I only saved it, or exported it at a .jpg... Does that mean I can't recover the .xcf? On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Daniel Smith opened...@gmail.com wrote: what he said. that's what i meant when i said before that you would still have the layers, that you had the .xcf file somewhere. :) dan On 11/18/12, Burnie West w...@ieee.org wrote: On 11/18/2012 12:09 PM, jenn golden wrote: Is there a way to get back all of your layers once you save a file and close out of it? I am new and am creating magazince covers - All I need to do is change the pic - but did not want to have to re-create the entire cover if I did not need too Thanks! Are you using gimp 2.8? If so, when you save the file all the layers are retained (unless you specifically merged them). You would export to (e.g.) jpg or png, and then save to xcf format. Loading the .xcf version should still have all the layers. Loading the exported .png or .jpg version would not. -- Burnie ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)
On 11/18/2012 10:06 PM, Jay Smith wrote: However, this is an excellent illustration that this controversial change in the save/export methods is not a perfect solution either. Hi everybody Using an editor software requires a minimum of knowledge. It's just like driving a car:look ahead, not behind, watch the road, watch the panel, etc... The new gimp-2.8 save/export is is not made to work but is only useful for newbies. I still say that the user should have the possibility to choose because this new save/export is a cause of lost time. Greetings -- Maderios Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures. L'art est fait pour troubler. La science rassure (Georges Braque) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)
On Monday, November 19, 2012 3:36:30 PM Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:33 PM, maderios wrote: The new gimp-2.8 save/export is is not made to work but is only useful for newbies. I still say that the user should have the possibility to choose because this new save/export is a cause of lost time. The amount of time you put into the defamation campaign is truly impressive :) Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org /me points maderios to https://github.com/mskala/noxcf-gimp___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)
On 11/19/2012 12:57 PM, Archie Arevalo wrote: /me points maderios to https://github.com/mskala/noxcf-gimp Thanks but I need a stable version Otherwise, I like and I need .xcf but only when I want and where I want. Greetings -- Maderios Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures. L'art est fait pour troubler. La science rassure (Georges Braque) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed
Is there a way to get back all of your layers once you save a file and close out of it? I am new and am creating magazince covers - All I need to do is change the pic - but did not want to have to re-create the entire cover if I did not need too Thanks! Jenn Golden ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed
On 11/18/2012 12:09 PM, jenn golden wrote: Is there a way to get back all of your layers once you save a file and close out of it? I am new and am creating magazince covers - All I need to do is change the pic - but did not want to have to re-create the entire cover if I did not need too Thanks! Are you using gimp 2.8? If so, when you save the file all the layers are retained (unless you specifically merged them). You would export to (e.g.) jpg or png, and then save to xcf format. Loading the .xcf version should still have all the layers. Loading the exported .png or .jpg version would not. -- Burnie ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed
what he said. that's what i meant when i said before that you would still have the layers, that you had the .xcf file somewhere. :) dan On 11/18/12, Burnie West w...@ieee.org wrote: On 11/18/2012 12:09 PM, jenn golden wrote: Is there a way to get back all of your layers once you save a file and close out of it? I am new and am creating magazince covers - All I need to do is change the pic - but did not want to have to re-create the entire cover if I did not need too Thanks! Are you using gimp 2.8? If so, when you save the file all the layers are retained (unless you specifically merged them). You would export to (e.g.) jpg or png, and then save to xcf format. Loading the .xcf version should still have all the layers. Loading the exported .png or .jpg version would not. -- Burnie ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 03:57:15PM -0500, jenn golden wrote: I totally understood what you both said - but I didn't know that I had to save it both ways - I only saved it, or exported it at a .jpg... Does that mean I can't recover the .xcf? Right. Jpeg files don't keep layers. This is why the new 2.8 version of Gimp doesn't consider files saved as jpegs to be actually saved. -- Matthew Miller mat...@mattdm.org http://mattdm.org/ ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)
On 11/18/2012 03:57 PM, jenn golden wrote: I totally understood what you both said - but I didn't know that I had to save it both ways - I only saved it, or exported it at a .jpg... Does that mean I can't recover the .xcf? On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Daniel Smith opened...@gmail.com mailto:opened...@gmail.com wrote: what he said. that's what i meant when i said before that you would still have the layers, that you had the .xcf file somewhere. :) dan I don't want to start anything, but this just points out what I said originally: It is not possible to always protect everybody from themselves. I am very sorry for Jenn's misfortune and I do not mean to be disrespectful. However, this is an excellent illustration that this controversial change in the save/export methods is not a perfect solution either. Jay ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)
Well- lesson learned for sure! I redid another masterpiece and saved it under both formats! I appreciate everyone's prompt help!! Case Closed! LOL On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com wrote: On 11/18/2012 03:57 PM, jenn golden wrote: I totally understood what you both said - but I didn't know that I had to save it both ways - I only saved it, or exported it at a .jpg... Does that mean I can't recover the .xcf? On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Daniel Smith opened...@gmail.com mailto:opened...@gmail.com wrote: what he said. that's what i meant when i said before that you would still have the layers, that you had the .xcf file somewhere. :) dan I don't want to start anything, but this just points out what I said originally: It is not possible to always protect everybody from themselves. I am very sorry for Jenn's misfortune and I do not mean to be disrespectful. However, this is an excellent illustration that this controversial change in the save/export methods is not a perfect solution either. Jay __**_ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/**mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-**listhttps://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)
On 11/18/2012 04:38 PM, Burnie West wrote: On 11/18/2012 01:13 PM, jenn golden wrote: However, this is an excellent illustration that this controversial change in the save/export methods is not a perfect solution either. On the good side, however, Jenn is happy to have learned the lesson -- and is fully up to speed with the difference between save and export. -- Burnie Yes, Jenn seems to be taking it well. Again, I am sorry that she had to go through that frustration. However, when I originally brought up my point that sometimes people (in general) have to learn a lesson the hard way in order to really learn, I was told, in various ways, with varying language, by several of the developer group, that I was a terrible excuse for a person -- if I was even a human being at all. Oh well. Fortunately, I found that reaction more amusing than anything else. The virulence of that reaction told more about them than anything else. I am just saddened that the most of the type of work my company does with Gimp is no longer (maybe it never was?) included in the target user/use definition. Because it does not make economic sense for a company to train and support users in two different graphics programs, there will eventually come a time (since I presume the goals of the program developers will continue to evolve away from our typical workflow), when we will have to switch to _one_ other program to do our graphics work. That's sad because Gimp has so much to offer. However, as the world changes, we all must move on. Complaining serves no purpose since the people who do the work, and thus own the program, are completely within their rights to do whatever they want. There is nothing wrong with that, however, the consequences are sometimes sad. Such is life. Jay ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)
* Jay Smith j...@jaysmith.com [11-18-12 16:59]: ... I am just saddened that the most of the type of work my company does with Gimp is no longer (maybe it never was?) included in the target user/use definition. Because it does not make economic sense for a company to train and support users in two different graphics programs, there will eventually come a time (since I presume the goals of the program developers will continue to evolve away from our typical workflow), when we will have to switch to _one_ other program to do our graphics work. That's sad because Gimp has so much to offer. ... You play a fiddle with no strings. There is a script usable that returns to nearly the same actions which you desire. Perhaps you are having a problem with the words presented here. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.orgPhoto Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535@ http://linuxcounter.net ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
