Re: [Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Kfayejessee for...@gimpusers.com wrote: 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! You know, if you have that much time invested into the work, it would make sense to back it up a bit more often. Perhaps however, having been affected by this, you could file a bug report/feature request for a safer saving mechanism? ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
So I have been working on this painting for over a week…it is VERY important that I get it in by my deadline. However, I went to open it back up this morning to do some work on it and…it only had three layers. I tried to stay calm and closed the program and reopened it but a little popup came up and it said “This XCF file is corrupt! I have loaded as much of it as I can, but it is incomplete.” Please, please, please tell me I can just restart my computer, or if there is a “fix all” button somewhere! I have GIMP 2...and it has never done this to me before. -- Kfayejessee (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
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 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
So I have been working on this painting for over a week…it is VERY important that I get it in by my deadline. However, I went to open it back up this morning to do some work on it and…it only had three layers. I tried to stay calm and closed the program and reopened it but a little popup came up and it said “This XCF file is corrupt! I have loaded as much of it as I can, but it is incomplete.” Please, please, please tell me I can just restart my computer, or if there is a “fix all” button somewhere! I have GIMP 2...and it has never done this to me before. -- Kfayejessee (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list