Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp 2.8.0 - Saving in .jpg or .png hmmmmm

["Guillermo Espertino (Gez)" <gespertino gmail com>]

I'm not totally against the idea of a "project", but I wonder if it's 
really necessary to create a project folder with assets considering that 
XCF is intended to store all that stuff in a single file.
I'm fine if the idea is to create a sidecar folder with all the temp 
stuff generated to speed up preview (caches, proxies, temp pre-comps, 
etc.) instead of putting them inside the file, but that information 
should be optional and users should be able to delete it without 
worrying about the "native editable file".
Project folders are fine when you're working on your own machine, but a 
single native file with editable features is better when you have to 
pass that file to others.

I'd rather like to see two kind of XCF files when a non-destructive 
workflow is possibel, a fully editable one (where every asset keeps its 
original features) and other "baked" where you still have a multilayer 
comp, but transforms, filters and comples nodetrees are baked into 
pixels (useful for exchange with other applications that support 
multiple layers but don't have full XCF/GEGL support).

I also think we are shifting the focus. Even if "Save" is changed to 
"Save Project" people will still complain about the keystroke, although 
"Save Project" would make the difference between saving and exporting 
more evident.

Gez.