Re: [Gimp-user] Tired of losing images due to "exporting" instead of saving as png/jpg.

[Bob Long <bob oblong com au>]

Bodo Eggert wrote on 20/02/15 10:00:

> first I need to grumble about the only-xcf-is-saving-misfeature. I
> rarely have images where I need layers or other data, and even if I do,
> I'll be warned. But I have to "export" it instead, and that leaves me
> with no way to tell weather I'll lose my work by closing an image window
> - and thus, I just had to redo a scan.

I don't understand why you would have had to redo a scan. If you are not
sure if you did an export, couldn't you just re-export the image?

> I have absolutely no need to keep additional .xcf-files around or a
> possibility to use them. Having a .jpg/png to use and a .xcf for keeping
> the "I have saved"-flag is a burden, and even if I started doing it, I
> know I'd someday forget to export and use an outdated .jpg instead of
> the corrected version.
>
> I'm planning to fix it - by going back to 2.6 if I must. I'd prefer to
> have a patch for 2.8 or a patched version that can safe .jpg files,
> therefore I'd like to know weather somebody has done this.

Anyway, try:

http://www.shallowsky.com/software/gimp-save/

-- 
Bob Long