Re: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 08/11/2013 03:41 PM, Richard Gitschlag wrote:
> > On the contrary, this is the dangerous situation...
> > - load file
> > - create complicated selection/path to update part of the image
> > - update that part
> > - export image
> > - quit (and throw the selection away...).
> >
> > IMHO the only safe case is when the image has one singe layer without
> > mask, no channels, no paths, no selections.
>
> GIMP is the only application I know of where the selection mask is 
> considered actual document content (rather than an interface entity 
> used for manipulating document content).  That was a very 
> workflow-breaking issue to come to terms with, and actually much more 
> so than Save vs. Export.

When you work on complicated selections, this is a very useful feature...