Re: [Gimp-user] HELP! What the EXPORT

[Jay Smith <jay JaySmith com>]

On 09/21/2012 01:09 PM, scl wrote:
> On 21.09.12 at 6:40 pm TinaBina wrote:
> > Help! I am trying to save a photo for a deadline and cannot export to
> > my computer as .jpg file to save to iPhotp.
> >
> > When I go to export the screen (on Gimp) goes grey. The end. What can
> > I do to get these important pictures on my computer ASAP? Using Gimp
> > 2.8.2 and newest version on MAC.
> >
> > I am new to Gimp. I tried it once and hated it (that was over a year
> > ago) and I am not happy this time either. The editing is fine but the
> > pictures are useless if I cannot access them.
> >
> > Thank you so much in advance for any suggestions.
> Hi TinaBina,
>
> GIMP on Mac has sometimes the bad habit to open dialog windows in the
> background. Maybe one of them is open and needs to be confirmed or
> canceled first. If the error occurs again, press F9 to see the Exposé
> view or press Cmd+Tab to switch through the open windows. Then confirm
> or cancel the hidden dialog window.
> If that's not the solution: what's your Macs version and where exactly
> did you get GIMP from? Are there any error messages shown on the screen
> and if yes what's their exact text?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Sven

While my comment is not Mac specific, and not necessarily even Gimp 
related...

I have seen similar strangeness -- with similar causes as to
what Sven is saying -- on Ubuntu Linux KDE desktop environment.

In addition to trying the methods Sven has mentioned, I have sometimes 
had to go through and _minimize_ all visible windows, one by one, until 
I find a window or dialog that is open, but not showing up in the task 
bar or by ctrl-tab, etc.

Again, I am not saying there is a Gimp problem on Linux in this regard, 
but I am pointing out that the technique of minimizing windows can 
sometimes expose a window or dialog that you did not know was present.

Best of luck to you.

Jay