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

["Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" <jnagyjr1978 gmail com>]

On 08/11/13 08:41, 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.

I had meant to send this on-list yesterday...didn't realize my error
until Richard replied off-list.

Don't forget the 'floating selection' layer that prevents you from
editing any other layer in the image. Excessively frustrating when
you're looking to use one particular image in a variety of ways. That 
plus the new save vs. export is very workflow breaking.

Reference Image: http://www.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us/images/other/01.bitsale.xcf

The stylized 'B' is the one I'm talking about. I just copy/paste and 
scale as needed but I cannot work on anything else until I anchor it. 
Very frustrating when I want to adjust something underneath to match it 
while it is still a separate layer (and I would like to keep it a 
separate layer, too).

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Joseph A Nagy Jr
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