Re: [Gimp-developer] Useability enhancement request: unified/expanded file export dialog

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 03/11/2015 05:05 PM, Ofnuts wrote:
> For current Gimp there is the "Save for Web" plug-in that lets you
> crop/scale the image. However it's not uncommon to do a little bit of
> sharpening after a downscale, or maybe add some watermark... Better take
> the habit to use Image>Duplicate. This creates an "untitled" image to
> there is little risk to overwrite the original image with a scaled down
> version(*).

True, usually resizing is followed by adding some sharpening and such. I 
completely overlooked Image->Duplicate, so thanks! (not the first 
"already there in plain sight" GIMP feature that I've overlooked).

> (*) in the "belt-cum-suspenders" series, shouldn't Gimp issue a warning
> when saving an image if it detects that the image has been scaled
> down/cropped? This is another case of potential accidental loss of data.
> **ducks for cover**

Please not! unless there is a way to permanently dismiss the warning.

It seems to me that all such "save the user from herself" warnings 
should be permanently dismissable by the user.

Such warnings are like training wheels on a 10-speed bicycle - maybe OK 
for learning to keep the bicycle from falling over (but you really can 
learn to ride without training wheels).

Nobody wants training wheels permanently welded to their bicycle because 
training wheels seriously impede anyone who already knows how to ride a 
bicycle.

Consider the question about whether the user is sure s/he wants to erase 
the history. That repeatedly-asked question is very annoying to anyone 
working on a large layer stack with lots of edits, because the answer is 
always "Yes, erase the history".

Elle