Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-21 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:33:52 +0100 From: d.kup...@gmail.com To: s.korten...@hccnet.nl CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open We can improve programs, we can create better images but we're unable to change peoples (un)thinking habits. Please imagine what

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-20 Thread s.kortenweg
From the start of GIMP 2.8 there are rumors about Save vs. Export. It is a change with the past, but that has happened more times by changing versions. The first version of the GIMP that i started (i believe 1.2) came up with a single toolbox and nothing more. And i survived all the changes

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-20 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
s.kortenweg s.korten...@hccnet.nl writes: From the start of GIMP 2.8 there are rumors about Save vs. Export. It is a change with the past, but that has happened more times by changing versions. The first version of the GIMP that i started (i believe 1.2) came up with a single toolbox and

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-20 Thread s.kortenweg
On 20-02-13 12:55, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: s.kortenweg s.korten...@hccnet.nl writes: From the start of GIMP 2.8 there are rumors about Save vs. Export. It is a change with the past, but that has happened more times by changing versions. The first version of the GIMP that i started (i

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-20 Thread Dominik Tabisz
I apologise that my last message appear as writen by s.kortenweg. Next time I'll pay more attention to what is going to be send, before i press send button. This bad example from Corel is my experience and i don't wish to speak for anyone else. Dominik Tabisz 2013/2/21, Dominik Tabisz

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-19 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Daniel Hauck wrote: There needs to be an FAQ about GiMP which covers this topic and all arguments to date. I too say, let it go. WIP Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___ gimp-user-list mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-19 Thread maderios
On 02/19/2013 10:59 AM, Daniel Hauck wrote: On 02/18/2013 10:09 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 14:06 -0600, Chris Mohler wrote: Current File-Open makes sense as it is, at least to me. File-Save made sense to people too. But if GIMP is an XCF editor that can only save xcf

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-19 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Daniel Hauck wrote: That Save/Save As has been established since the creation of the the standard GUI behaviors is not relevant to the developers. It's not professional despite the fact that the most professional tools out there still do it this way. In a

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-19 Thread jfrazierjr
Now, the objective of Gimp seems to stay in the fields of amateur and therefore to delegate the role of single photo$hop image editor for professionals. BS! I would posit that amateurs invoke DESTRUCTIVE editing techniques(because they don't know any better) while professionals do the

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-18 Thread Liam R E Quin
Is it time to have Import for non-xcf files? How about * File-Open filters to *.xcf* by default; attempting to open a non-xcf file brings up a message, myfile.jpg is not an XCF file. Would you like to import it? * File-Import behaves as open as layers today, unless the image is not dirty, in

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-18 Thread Chris Mohler
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net wrote: * File-Open filters to *.xcf* by default; attempting to open a non-xcf file brings up a message, myfile.jpg is not an XCF file. Would you like to import it? Current File-Open makes sense as it is, at least to me. After a

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-18 Thread Øyvind Kolås
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Chris Mohler cr33...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net wrote: * File-Open filters to *.xcf* by default; attempting to open a non-xcf file brings up a message, myfile.jpg is not an XCF file. Would you like to import

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-18 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 14:06 -0600, Chris Mohler wrote: Current File-Open makes sense as it is, at least to me. File-Save made sense to people too. But if GIMP is an XCF editor that can only save xcf files, being able to open non-xcf files is an obvious bug, a hole in the metaphor. It should

Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open

2013-02-18 Thread Richard Gitschlag
From: l...@holoweb.net To: cr33...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:09:30 -0500 CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open Or I wasn't clear, I think. It's not really clean vs. dirty, but whether the canvas is new and unused and empty. E.g. try