Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

[Mark Morin <mdmpsyd gmail com>]

On 1/11/2014 3:54 PM, Helen wrote:
> Close.  Not exactly but closer than anyone has understood so far.
> Mark said:
> > Helen opens myfile.jpg with gimp. She saves myfile.jpg and it becomes
> myfile.xcf. She can't see myfile.jpg any more to see > what it looks like
>
> I suppose that's true in some (trivial?) sense but doens't matter. I see
> the .xcf.
>
> > She exports myfile.xcf to myfile.jpg and that's fine, the jpg is saved
> but it is not displayed. If the xcf had been saved, she is > looking at the
> xcf. If the xcf had not been saved and she exported myfile.jpg to a jpg
> file, she is now looking at "untitled.xcf."
>
> This is what the problem is.  Well, I would never export a file that hasn't
> been first saved a xcf, but regardless of that, I don't
> see what I was working on.    Mark I can't do what you said about windows,
> I have no computers that run windows but I
> assume what you are thinking is what i can do in digkam, and yes the file
> is there.  But to continue working on it I have to
> open it again.
>
> > She can't see it because the file name is no longer in the title bar of
> the window. She is apparently looking in the title bar of > the image
> window--that off color strip that displays the file name of the image in
> the window.
>
> No, not looking at the title bar of the image window.  Thre isn't one.
> It's gone.  Although, yes, the file is on my computer.
>
> I posted a screenshot here
> http://helenofmarlowe.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/usinggimp/ yesterday showing
> what I see
> in gimp 2.6 after exporting.

I'm looking at that page now and the only think that I can see that 
looks like it would be a screenshot would be a gimp screenshot of 
"sky.jpg"  When I say "Title Bar" I'm talking about that area 
immediately above the menu bar, to the right of the close, minimize, and 
maximize buttons.

Is this what you see after you export a file to jpg format? If it is, 
then you can add me to your confused list because I'm looking at your 
file--sky.jpg. It's a teal-green gradient.
Running gimp 2.8 under fedora 20 I:
1. downloaded gwoodfarmfromback.png from the page you gave above (very 
nice by the way)
2. saved it (as .xcf)
3. exported it as .jpg (note, I had to change the default .png to .jpg 
after selecting jpg as the file type.
4. the file exports, the image is still visible on the screen and the 
filename is displayed as gwoodfarmfromback.xcf
5. if I browse to where I saved and exported the files, I now have three 
versions--all with the same file name with extensions .jpg, .png, and .xcf

>   I'll post a screenshot of what I get in 2.8
> after exporting.
>
> And, Liam, I believe this is what you're asking.  In 2.8, I save every few
> minutes with File > Save.  I see a brief less than a second progress bar
> but nothing changes.  All is well.  At some point later, the picture is
> (more or less, sort of) finished,
> and I want to send it somewhere.   I go through four steps:  File > Save
> (just to be sure) and then File > export.  I confirm,
> a longer (10 seconds?) progress bar, and then the image is gone.  No
> there.  Yes, I can still open it with Digikam  or
> Gimp's  File > Open Recent, or with Gimp's document history, and maybe I
> need to just accept that.

Could it be that the window containing your image is crashing while the 
rest of the UI is not crashing? Or is the window still there, with the 
proper file name and the image just gone? I do not know if 2.6 has 
"single window mode" (under the window menu) but if you were in that 
mode you might preserve your image (or crash the interface completely). 
Do you get the same results whether exporting to jpg, png, or other 
formats? If you are already working in single window mode try getting 
out of it and see if that makes a difference.