Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-15 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 01/15/2014 12:47 AM, Bob Long wrote: Sorry, I don't follow... Why can't you simply open a .png file in GIMP 2.8 that was created earlier (and then close it, without any prompts, if you've made no changes)? It's simple, really. GiMP has an image problem. Like so many other F/OSS

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-15 Thread Mark Bourne
Helen wrote: And the comments I get about not really having an image that I think I have (several people say variations of that) is completely over my head. And wonder whether it has a practical significance or just a semantic one. It depends what format you're exporting to and what

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-14 Thread Akkana Peck
This is such a common task, there may be cause to have a Resize option bundled with the Export command. Having to always perform them as two separate steps is an annoyance, but the possibility of accidentally saving the wrong resolution back to the XCF file is a danger. First, I'm so glad

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-14 Thread Helen
Why aren't you scaling it before you export it? That would be way too scary!! The easiest way (for me) to lose a lot of work on a .xcf file would be to scale it and then accidentally save. The old (2.6 method I described) protected me from an accident such as that. On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-14 Thread Richard
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:41:29 -0500 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter From: etter...@gmail.com To: strata_ran...@hotmail.com CC: l...@holoweb.net; gimp-user-list@gnome.org 5 - You are done! There is no need to re-open the PNG file. Well, this may or may not be true. When, six

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-14 Thread Richard
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:17:53 -0500 From: etter...@gmail.com To: mdmp...@gmail.com CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter Why aren't you scaling it before you export it? That would be way too scary!! The easiest way (for me) to lose a lot of work

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-14 Thread Bob Long
Helen said, 5 - You are done! There is no need to re-open the PNG file. Well, this may or may not be true. When, six months or a year later I want to look at a .png (check the resolution, see whether it needs to be sharpened/signed/whatever) then I do, sometimes want to look at (and

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Helen
which buttons exactly did you press in GIMP so that you no longer saw it? In other words tell us exactly what you're doing, in both versions of gimp ok First In gimp 2.6: open or create new file. Name it. I now have (e.g.) village.xcf Work on it for weeks, saving every few minutes with

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread ugajin
To: Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net; gimp-user-list@gnome.org gimp-user-list@gnome.org Sent: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:28 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter which buttons exactly did you press in GIMP so that you no longer saw it? In other words tell us exactly what you're doing, in both

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Richard
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:59:17 -0500 From: uga...@talktalk.net Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter If you want two png files with different resolutions you can export, image_300.png change resolution and export image_72.png Gimp will ask if you want

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Richard
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:00:18 + From: andrew_brid...@btinternet.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter You need to have a look at 'Save for Web' as you can save to .png and resize without altering your original image (village.xcf). Once saved

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Andrew Bridget
On 13/01/2014 17:12, Richard wrote: Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:00:18 + From: andrew_brid...@btinternet.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter You need to have a look at 'Save for Web' as you can save to .png and resize without altering your original

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread ugajin
-Original Message- From: Richard strata_ran...@hotmail.com To: uga...@talktalk.net uga...@talktalk.net; gimp-user-list@gnome.org gimp-user-list@gnome.org Sent: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:13 Subject: RE: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014

[Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Andrew_Bridget
This is such a common task, there may be cause to have a Resize option bundled with the Export command. Having to always perform them as two separate steps is an annoyance, but the possibility of accidentally saving the wrong resolution back to the XCF file is a danger. A question that asked

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Mark Morin
Why aren't you scaling it before you export it? Undo the scale or don't save the scaled xcf? It seems to me that you would want to minimize any possible (even if trivial) distortion by editing the exported (flattened) image rather than what you are actually working on. On 1/13/2014 11:27 AM,

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Madeleine Fisher
I actually go through this process frequently--I create a webcomic, and I like to work on a large file (about 3000x4000). To publish it to the web I resize to 750 px wide. I like to have both copies, but a Resize-on-Export function would be helpful for me. In order to preserve the xcf and not

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
13 янв. 2014 г. 22:32 пользователь Andrew_Bridget andrew_brid...@btinternet.com написал: This is such a common task, there may be cause to have a Resize option bundled with the Export command. Having to always perform them as two separate steps is an annoyance, but the possibility of

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:27 AM, Ofnuts wrote: If you reall care about the output quality, you _never_ just resize. You resize and sharpen, and amount of sharpening is decided on picture-by-picture basis. Yes. And sometimes you even blur the picture slightly before resizing to avoid

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-13 Thread Richard
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:15:10 + From: andrew_brid...@btinternet.com To: strata_ran...@hotmail.com; gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter On 13/01/2014 17:12, Richard wrote: Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:00:18 +

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-12 Thread ugajin
It is hard to tell, but this sounds like a work flow issue. -Original Message- From: roadie roa...@zenroadie.org To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Sent: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 2:20 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter And, Liam, I believe this is what you're asking. In 2.8, I

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-12 Thread Mark Morin
On 1/11/2014 3:54 PM, Helen wrote: Close. Not exactly but closer than anyone has understood so far. Mark said: Helen opens myfile.jpg with gimp. She saves myfile.jpg and it becomes myfile.xcf. She can't see myfile.jpg any more to see what it looks like I suppose that's true in some

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-12 Thread Richard
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 17:50:01 -0500 From: mdmp...@gmail.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org; etter...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter And, Liam, I believe this is what you're asking. In 2.8, I save every few minutes with File Save. I see a brief less than

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-11 Thread Mark Morin
Can I offer my interpretation of this communication breakdown? Apologies to Liam for previously not replying to list. Helen opens myfile.jpg with gimp. She saves myfile.jpg and it becomes myfile.xcf. She can't see myfile.jpg any more to see what it looks like. She exports myfile.xcf to

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-11 Thread Mark Morin
On 1/11/2014 2:10 PM, Richard wrote: Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 08:20:20 -0500 From: mdmp...@gmail.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter Can I offer my interpretation of this communication breakdown? Apologies to Liam for previously not replying to list

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-11 Thread Helen
Close. Not exactly but closer than anyone has understood so far. Mark said: Helen opens myfile.jpg with gimp. She saves myfile.jpg and it becomes myfile.xcf. She can't see myfile.jpg any more to see what it looks like I suppose that's true in some (trivial?) sense but doens't matter. I see the

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-11 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Sat, 2014-01-11 at 15:54 -0500, Helen wrote: [...] And, Liam, I believe this is what you're asking. In 2.8, I save every few minutes with File Save. I see a brief less than a second progress bar but nothing changes. All is well. At some point later, the picture is (more or less, sort

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-10 Thread Geoff Smith
Helen Please don't give up. It would be helpful if you would take screen dumps to illustrate the various stages of what you are doing, and where it goes wrong, then we will have much more of a chance to understand the problem. Geoff Smith London -- View this message in context:

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-10 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
On 10 January 2014 00:43, Helen etter...@gmail.com wrote: yes, thank you for that, but I donw't want to to import it as a new gimp image. I want to still be able to see my jpg file. This really is not about the (slight in my view) inconvenience of another keystroke. It's about not being

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-10 Thread Helen
Ok, I'm trying, but this just doesn't make sense to me. You're saying I was never able to see my file after I save as to png or jpg, in prior versions of GIMP. I don't think anyone here is deliberately giving out bad information, but I just don't understand this. I still have GIMP 2.6 on a very

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-10 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2014-01-10 at 15:19 -0500, Helen wrote: Ok, I'm trying, but this just doesn't make sense to me. You're saying I was never able to see my file after I save as to png or jpg, in prior versions of GIMP. Helen, I think what's going on here is a question of people using words differently,

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-10 Thread Simon Budig
Hi Helen. Helen (etter...@gmail.com) wrote: I still have GIMP 2.6 on a very old Think-Pad laptop running ubuntu. I can not only see the file after I save as but I can also edit it. Here is a screenshot. I opened gimp create new made one blend stroke, then Saved As jpg. I do see the file.

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-09 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
09 янв. 2014 г. 19:15 пользователь lisanet for...@gimpusers.com написал: Just as a proof of concept I've patched all of my current builds (since 2.8.6) and provided such a switch. I was not aware of that, thanks for telling. And that's coming from someone who's been developing software for

[Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-08 Thread Helen
This feature imposes no hardship on any user and occasionally prevents lost work. This is so obviously wrong that I wonder whether different gimp users are experiencing the same behavior. If this were a matter of receiving an unnecessary warning, then I would agree that the passion is

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-08 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Helen wrote: Several gimp users (including me) have said that the problem is that the file disappears. It is gone. It is no longer on the screen. I don't know how to say this more clearly. Step-by-step explanation of what you do and what happens usually

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-08 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Helen, id id as much as dig messages of you from last June to understand what you are talking about and your context. And it seems to me that you fundamentantaly misunderstood one or more things. You are complaining that now when you export to JPG the file disapears from your screen. After

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-08 Thread Steve Kinney
On 01/08/2014 11:51 AM, Helen wrote: This feature imposes no hardship on any user and occasionally prevents lost work. This is so obviously wrong that I wonder whether different gimp users are experiencing the same behavior. If this were a matter of receiving an unnecessary warning,

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-08 Thread Bob Long
Alexandre wrote, On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Helen wrote: Several gimp users (including me) have said that the problem is that the file disappears. It is gone. It is no longer on the screen. I don't know how to say this more clearly. Step-by-step explanation of what you do and

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-07 Thread John Coppens
On Mon, 06 Jan 2014 20:13:00 +0100 Wolfgang Hugemann a...@hugemann.de wrote: Perhaps it would suffice to turn special warning messages permanently off, something like a checkbox in the warning dialog: Don't show this message again. This is rather common in modern programs and would make

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-07 Thread Steve Kinney
On 01/07/2014 09:45 AM, John Coppens wrote: http://www.shallowsky.com/software/gimp-save/ This plugin provides a new 'file command' for the GIMP, which exports, and also marks the file as clean, so the confirmation does not appear anymore. It was posted by Akkana on this list a long time

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-07 Thread John Meyer
Aww, then what would we have to argue about? ;-) On 1/7/2014 3:46 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: On 01/07/2014 09:45 AM, John Coppens wrote: http://www.shallowsky.com/software/gimp-save/ This plugin provides a new 'file command' for the GIMP, which exports, and also marks the file as clean, so the

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-07 Thread Steve Kinney
On 01/07/2014 05:47 PM, John Meyer wrote: Aww, then what would we have to argue about? ;-) There will always be users who think the GIMP is too complicated or just too hard. And trolls gonna troll no matter what. Some few people think those mean old big shots who help maintain the GIMP and

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-07 Thread Simon Budig
Steve Kinney (ad...@pilobilus.net) wrote: The big shots in the GIMP ecosystem would rather let morons rant, than err on the side of censorship and maybe, just possibly, accidentally prevent some useful discussion or information from making the rounds. Thanks for viewing us in that way.

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-07 Thread Steve Kinney
On 01/07/2014 07:49 PM, Michael Schumacher wrote: On 08.01.2014 00:43, Simon Budig wrote: We indeed try to not be too quick with the trigger, but some people just seem to ask for it. Some people have asked us to be a bit^wlot quicker, though. Mostly because they use this mailing list as

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-06 Thread John Coppens
On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:07:55 -0700 John Meyer johnme...@pueblocomputing.com wrote: Infrequent user of GIMP, but I'll ask: is there no way to map the control keys differently? Yes you can reassign the control keys. But that doesn't completely solve the inconvenience. Ypu still have to confirm

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-06 Thread Wolfgang Hugemann
Am 04.01.2014 14:40, schrieb Daniel Hauck: I think my favorite argument against user preference options is that it's too hard and complicated. GiMP is already a masterpiece of complexity and effectiveness. Writing in an additional user preference is somehow too much though. Perhaps it would

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread qelvin5500
On 01/03/2014 01:51 PM, akovia wrote: On 01/03/2014 05:21 AM, Liam R E Quin wrote: It's lucky that GIMP now works like so many other programs - inkscape, You're wrong: gimp editor works differently. All editors, free or not free, save work in a normal way, except gimp. This misinformation

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Simon Budig
qelvin5500 (qelvin5...@gmail.com) wrote: *Creating pictures* is a job, developing a software to create these picture is a different job. Developing GIMP is a Hobby, not a Job. Bye, Simon -- si...@budig.de http://simon.budig.de/

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Wolfgang Hugemann
I also find GIMP's save-as behaviour very strange, but I have understood that there is no use in longer discussion about that. For the future I have two suggestions: 1) Allow for more user preferences. Why not leave the choice to me whether I would like to be warned when saving in a lossy

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Daniel Hauck
It does not matter what anyone else thinks. That part should be clear. It doesn't matter what people want. That much should be clear. What matters is the perception of the perception of the program in question. (Yes, I said perception twice like that) Some people think a thing needs to

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Richard
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org From: j...@cjsa.com Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 22:14:29 + Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net writes: Whether Ctrl-S/Ctrl-E were swapped in the process is a matter for discussion (I wouldn't care if they stayed

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Sat, 2014-01-04 at 09:26 -0800, Richard wrote: To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org From: j...@cjsa.com Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 22:14:29 + Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net writes: Whether Ctrl-S/Ctrl-E were swapped in the process is a matter

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Burnie West
On 01/04/2014 04:17 AM, Simon Budig wrote: qelvin5500 (qelvin5...@gmail.com) wrote: *Creating pictures* is a job, developing a software to create these picture is a different job. Developing GIMP is a Hobby, not a Job. Bye, Simon Whether a job or a hobby, prioritizing effectively is

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Phil
Sorry i should have been more specific.. (and i know its not Gimp specific, just a fellow photographer looking to help a friend) I have some pictures taken on an Sony DSC-W510 digital camera, and they are/have become corrupted? the thumbnail shows up, in windows(win7) osx(10.6), debian 7.2

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/04/2014 03:09 PM, Phil wrote: I have some pictures taken on an Sony DSC-W510 digital camera, and they are/have become corrupted? the thumbnail shows up, in windows(win7) osx(10.6), debian 7.2 must be different as it shows the corruption up in thumbnail preview, but when viewing the full

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Daniel Hauck
You know, when you put it that way, I have to concede your point. There are some things in future-GiMP which are more important than a UI change. (Though I dare say few as trivial as the UI change under discussion.) But we, the users, aren't asking for something new. We're asking for

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-04 Thread Burnie West
Appears you've accidentally hijacked a dispute thread - - - On 01/04/2014 12:31 PM, Elle Stone wrote: On 01/04/2014 03:09 PM, Phil wrote: I have some pictures taken on an Sony DSC-W510 digital camera, and they are/have become corrupted? the thumbnail shows up, in windows(win7) osx(10.6),

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Daniel Hauck wrote: No, I don't think so because this isn't a democratic situation. What you think rules out over what many others independently think and agree upon. But let me ask you this and I'll shut up. Do you use a Dvorak keyboard or a Querty? And

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread qelvin5500
On 01/03/2014 05:21 AM, Liam R E Quin wrote: It's lucky that GIMP now works like so many other programs - inkscape, open office, blender, spreadsheet programs, ... You're wrong: gimp editor works differently. All editors, free or not free, save work in a normal way, except gimp. This

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
On 2 January 2014 23:20, Daniel Hauck dan...@yacg.com wrote: If I intended it only for you, why would you be so rude as to publish something I wrote only to you in a public list? Sorry. It was a SNAFU due to the nature of the GUI of this webmail client. on which I have no control over, and

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread akovia
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014, at 07:28 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 4:17 PM, qelvin5500 wrote: On 01/03/2014 05:21 AM, Liam R E Quin wrote: It's lucky that GIMP now works like so many other programs - inkscape, open office, blender, spreadsheet programs, ...

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Simon Budig
Daniel Hauck (dan...@yacg.com) wrote: Nice spin. What spin? You claimed that querty (you probbly mean qwerty btw.) was designed to be inefficient, when in fact it was designed for a faster typing speed. Who is doing the spin here? Sure, without the cumbersome mechanics there are better and

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Simon Budig wrote: Daniel Hauck wrote: Nice spin. What spin? You claimed that querty (you probbly mean qwerty btw.) was designed to be inefficient, when in fact it was designed for a faster typing speed. Who is doing the spin here? People behind the

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread John Meyer
On 1/2/2014 4:17 PM, akovia wrote: I've watched these threads come an go and I must be missing something. When this new behavior first arrived, like everyone else I was used to the old way and having to learn a new work-flow is never fun. Regardless I just figured this was the way it was going

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Richard
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 23:04:50 -0200 From: gwid...@mpc.com.br To: dan...@yacg.com; gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter ok. Stop there. open a txt file with ms word.Not a .doc, docx, odt. click file-save. Read what it tells you. I rest the case

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Steve Kinney
On 01/02/2014 08:48 PM, Daniel Hauck wrote: Yes and I'm pretty sure most people are getting what I'm driving at -- standards of function, design and behavior. I never read more than one or two messages per 100 in Save Vs. Export Blows Goats (I Have Proof) threads, but if what you are driving

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
03 янв. 2014 г. 22:55 пользователь Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net написал: On 01/02/2014 08:48 PM, Daniel Hauck wrote: Yes and I'm pretty sure most people are getting what I'm driving at -- standards of function, design and behavior. I never read more than one or two messages per 100 in

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Fri, 3 Jan 2014 10:16:07 -0800, Richard wrote: Sure, RTF supports many of THE most commonly used text editing features (bold/italic/underline, tabs/indents/spacing, font face/size/color) but it doesn't support many advanced Word features (widow/orphan control, footnotes, column layouts,

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Richard
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org From: jernej|s-gm...@eternallybored.org Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 21:41:57 +0100 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter On Fri, 3 Jan 2014 10:16:07 -0800, Richard wrote: Sure, RTF supports many of THE most commonly used text editing features (bold/italic

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Jeffery Small
Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net writes: Constructive suggestions about how to make a more coherent workflow in GIMP are welcomed. Whining about change is not so welcome. Liam: I will take you up on your offer to make a constructive GUI suggestion. I fully understand the arguments for the

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Psiweapon
...@eternallybored.org Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 21:41:57 +0100 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter On Fri, 3 Jan 2014 10:16:07 -0800, Richard wrote: Sure, RTF supports many of THE most commonly used text editing features (bold/italic/underline, tabs/indents/spacing, font face/size/color

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:14 AM, Jeffery Small wrote: My simple solution is to provide a workflow switch in the preferences that flips back and forth between the two workflow paradigms. Which has already been evaluated and denied. In his blog post on GIMP 2.8: understanding UI changes,

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Steve Kinney wrote: I'm all for standards of function, design and behavior. Like for instance, when the GIMP saves a file, this file preserves the state of the project's work in progress; it is a project file, not an image file. And for instance, when

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-03 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 22:14 +, Jeffery Small wrote: Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net writes: [...] I will take you up on your offer to make a constructive GUI suggestion. I fully understand the arguments for the workflow change that was made to GIMP 2.8. What I think was lost in the

[Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Robert Vorsteg
I have seldom if ever posted to the list, but I wish to reply to, endorse, post by Norbert Preining in which he takes to task those who resort to name-calling (we who mourn a lost but valuable feature are called whiners and our valid observations belittled). Norbert says I am myself

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Robert Vorsteg wrote: Yes. And a more important point that Norbert goes on to make is that developers should listen to users and take theminto account. I've listened to you. I still disagree with you. Are there any GIMP developers who read this list? Push

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Robert, tell me - If you open would open a 2D drawing with a CAD software, do a lot of editing with 3D operations, what would you expect it to do when you press save? One thing is certain, we should insist that when you open any non-XCF file, it should be listed as an import operation - it

[Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread JanKardel
Hmmm Robert. I'm only a User of GIMP not a developer of any other Software. I can't understand the Problem! IMO is the new Save-Command to Save in XCF the only right way. According to my understanding is the JPG not the right Format to save my Work in the Work Process. JPG is the Format

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread akovia
I've watched these threads come an go and I must be missing something. When this new behavior first arrived, like everyone else I was used to the old way and having to learn a new work-flow is never fun. Regardless I just figured this was the way it was going to be so I adopted it immediately. At

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Steve Kinney
On 01/02/2014 06:17 PM, akovia wrote: I've watched these threads come an go and I must be missing something. When this new behavior first arrived, like everyone else I was used to the old way and having to learn a new work-flow is never fun. Regardless I just figured this was the way it was

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
On 2 January 2014 19:52, Daniel Hauck dan...@yacg.com wrote: I think you're missing the point. MOST users, just as with almost all other software, do not use the advanced features of advanced software. I see it all the time. I see people load up MS Word to check the spelling of something

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Alvin Hikmawan S.Psi.
I'm agree with jankardel, :) I prefer to keep the xcf, when I wanna save (i.e. by pressing ctrl+s) my gimp project. Then when I wanna export it to any other filetype (png, jpeg, gif, pdf etc) I prefer push the ctrl+E for exporting it.. But, maybe the gimp developer should add a feature to

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On 2 January 2014 19:52, Daniel Hauck wrote: I think you're missing the point. MOST users, just as with almost all other software, do not use the advanced features of advanced software. Frankly, this is the first time I hear about a culture where it's socially acceptable nay desirable to

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
Come on. I just cited numerous examples. For example, while there is no reason it can't be done otherwise, up on a map is always north and down is south. If your in the southern hemisphere, there's no reason they should feel like their maps shouldn't depict their location to be at the top.

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
Are we still talking about GIMP? Alexandre 03 янв. 2014 г. 5:36 пользователь Daniel Hauck написал: Come on. I just cited numerous examples. For example, while there is no reason it can't be done otherwise, up on a map is always north and down is south...

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
Actually there is a crucial point of workflows that you are missing. In order to make workflows work well for everyone, everything should be done in approximately the same way. Each function in a GUI should use similar hotkeys, similar menu functions and all that. This was a well

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
If I intended it only for you, why would you be so rude as to publish something I wrote only to you in a public list? On 01/02/2014 08:04 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: On 2 January 2014 19:52, Daniel Hauck dan...@yacg.com wrote: I think you're missing the point. MOST users, just as with almost

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
Daniel, We've been through this argument about standards many times. Do you really think this time you are going to finally win? (The answer is no, by the way.) Alexandre 03 янв. 2014 г. 5:50 пользователь Daniel Hauck dan...@yacg.com написал: Yes and I'm pretty sure most people are getting

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
No, I don't think so because this isn't a democratic situation. What you think rules out over what many others independently think and agree upon. But let me ask you this and I'll shut up. Do you use a Dvorak keyboard or a Querty? And why? It's a loaded question, of course. If you

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Simon Budig
Daniel Hauck (dan...@yacg.com) wrote: But if you answer Querty, you lose because the world knows querty was inefficient by design May I quote Wikipedia? Contrary to popular belief, the QWERTY layout was not designed to slow the typist down, but rather to speed up typing by preventing jams.

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Daniel Hauck
Nice spin. Yes, it was for mechanical reasons and to prevent the arms which had letters slamming against the ribbon and paper at a single point from hitting each other. Original layouts were based on convenience based on logical notions such as alphabetic order and frequency of use. The

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Thu, 2014-01-02 at 14:36 -0500, Robert Vorsteg wrote: - opening a jpg file - editing - saving should result in a saved version of the original file, If you happen to be using a JPEG editor that's probably true, although watch that since JPEG compression is lossy this is not always

Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

2014-01-02 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Thu, 2014-01-02 at 20:19 -0500, Daniel Hauck wrote: [...] And here's the real issue why it's still a real issue. When one program does something so very differently from all the others in your workflows, that one program represents a requirement to stop and think which is, in fact, an