On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I scan images using gimp and xsane. If I scan a dozen images, I have to keep track of what I save to PNG or JPG, because GIMP insists that none are saved and that I'm going to lose my data. It wants me to save as XCF and I will not.
Any chance of changing this behavior? It is disruptive. :-/
The XCF format contains all the layers, masks, and pathing info among many other things. It's the default file format for a good reason... but it's only helpful if you're really using the full capabilities of Gimp. You can export to just about any other format under the sun using File > Export. The Gimp devs aren't going to change this XFC setting. They made a choice and are sticking with it. There is a "fork" of Gimp with the Save function set back to save as JPG, PNG etc. No guarantees on stability etc.especially since most commits seem to be from 1 to 4 years ago. https://github.com/mskala/noxcf-gimp I wouldn't recommend it... Using File > Export isn't too difficult, but as you say, you do have to remember if you've saved it or not. C. -- openSUSE 12.3 x86_64, KDE 4.10 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org