On 2016-09-04 00:17, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 17:44:00 -0400 Carl Hartung <> wrote:
Hi Dave,
This has been default GIMP behavior for quite awhile. It tripped me up at first, too, but the underlying logic actually becomes readily apparent if you use the software a lot - which I definitely do.
Since GIMP's native file format is .xcf, and, since by default it stores the history of changes in that file - in effect, it retains a cumulative history of the editing sessions in that file - IMHO encouraging it's use makes a great of sense.
I don't want a cumulative history. If I want a history, I'll keep a record of the interesting states - as jpgs. So it makes no sense at all to me, sorry.
No, you can not that. Each JPG you save as history has lost detail compared to the preceeding one, because JPG is a lossy format. You could do that with PNG but not JPEG. The advantage of XCF is that you can hit UNDO all the way. Anyway, you have no choice in this :-P -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)