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> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:44:51 +0400
> From: alexandre prokoudine gmail com > To: gimp-user-list gnome org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior > > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 3:43 AM, scott s. wrote: > > > Well I can you if it is a GEOTiff (standard defined set of Tiff tags) they > > are lost. That of course is true whether you save an xcf or export > > back to tiff. IIUC GIMP uses a 3rd party library to read tiff, and I > > guess GIMP spec doesn't specify if on import if GIMP is to retain > > meta-data, silently dispose of it, or alert the user that meta-data may > > be lost. > > As already explained in this thread, libtiff simply doesn't support > preserving metadata. > > Alexandre Prokoudine > http://libregraphicsworld.org So that would fall into the "silently dispose" category, then. -- Stratadrake strata_ranger hotmail com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. |