On Fri, 2013-08-09 at 21:02 +0200, Ofnuts wrote: > On 08/09/2013 12:42 PM, pitibonom wrote: > > It's quite natural to hope saving a pic in the format it has been loaded. > > Load a > > jpg ? ok, modify it and save it as jpg. Why is it natural ? just because jpg > > format ( though it degrades the image quality at each save, but this is > > another > > question ) is red by ALL tools, unlike xcf that cannot even be used as > > import in > > any tool. > > Hmmm. > > * Open your favorite spreadsheet application. > * Load a CSV. > * Create complicated formulas to compute more values. > * Save as CSV, "naturally" > > Oops. What were these formulas again? > Sorry, but that's a really bad argument for Gimp. After all, much metadata is lost when it imports photos and other images which contain metadata.
Seriously, ideally, Gimp should save in the format of the file that was opened INCLUDING the metadata. And if someone wants to be clever about it, then if there is data or format changes of the image for which data may be lost or the original format cannot handle, then XCF should be selected as the target format when saving. (for example, the original image was RAW or JPEG and the image changes call for an alpha channel, or perhaps a layer has been added to the original image.) And I understand not wanting the program to do too much thinking for the users because it can simply get in the way, but the new change already crosses that line by thinking for the user that every file should be saved into XCF format and of course, the user loses all metadata. (And before anyone offers it, I will acknowledge, the metadata would be preserved if the original source image is unchanged.... true but not the point.) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
