Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed

2012-11-20 Thread Richard Gitschlag
y 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 bot

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-19 Thread maderios
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

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-19 Thread maderios
On 11/19/2012 12:36 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 lo

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-19 Thread Archie Arevalo
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 ne

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-19 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
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 def

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-19 Thread maderios
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,

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-18 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Jay Smith [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 differ

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-18 Thread Jay Smith
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" --

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-18 Thread Burnie West
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 differenc

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-18 Thread jenn golden
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 wrote: > On 11/18/2012 03:57 PM, jenn golden wrote: > >> I totally understood what you both said - but

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed (.... so much for the new export/save methods)

2012-11-18 Thread Jay Smith
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 mailto:opened...@gmail.com>

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed

2012-11-18 Thread Matthew Miller
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 th

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed

2012-11-18 Thread jenn golden
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 wrote: > what he said. that's what i meant when i said before that you

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed

2012-11-18 Thread Daniel Smith
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 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 >

Re: [Gimp-user] finding layers after file has been closed

2012-11-18 Thread Burnie West
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 Th