Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP user friendliness suggestion

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Fri, 2018-11-16 at 14:41 -0500, Steve Kinney wrote:

> Ultimately, Save vs. Export is just a semantic issue:
>
> The GIMP "saves" image editing projects as XCF files, with all
> layers,
> channels, paths, etc. intact.  XCF is the GIMP's native file format.
>
> The GIMP "exports" images from editing projects into flat file
> formats
> intended for display or print only, typically with some loss of
> resolution compared to their XCF 'master' files.

i think one reason it's a problem is that it's asymmetric - you can
"open" a JPEG or PNG file, rather than "import"ing one. Maybe renaming
Open to Open/Import" would reduce the confusion, i'm not sure.

ankh


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