Re: [Gimp-developer] present xcf as what it is, a gimp project file format

[Graeme Gill <graeme2 argyllcms com>]

peter sikking wrote:

> - this means that either all users would have to have intimate
> knowledge of file formats to know why the option to save to them
> disappear as edits are done (usability blooper. bit of alpha is
> introduced? no more jpeg; any layers? no more png; paths and
> layers? tiff is still there???) or one is doing the whole export thing
> anyway, so what is the difference (exporting is not safe, remember?)
> where are the extra hoops?

Or you get the computer to do the hard work, and indicate what
of the current image state would get dropped if forced to saved
to that format.

Graeme Gill.