Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-08-01 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior From: l...@holoweb.net To: strata_ran...@hotmail.com CC: dan...@yacg.com; gimp-user-list@gnome.org Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:39:19 -0400 On Tue, 2012-07-31 at 09:11 -0700, Richard Gitschlag wrote: As a quick

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-31 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:56:20 -0400 From: dan...@yacg.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior Agreed on that point. But since you brought up the tabbed interface, I thought I would bring up an expectation/usability

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-31 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2012-07-31 at 09:11 -0700, Richard Gitschlag wrote: As a quick comparison, Windows doesn't allow you to drag-and-drop items directly onto an application's taskbar button either and I don't understand why. Win 95 and Win XP did, in general, I don't know about later versions of Windows.

[Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-29 Thread ang3la
I LOVE the export feature! I make a LOT of price tags in GIMP. It is WONDERFUL to export the file and not have to re-open the .XCF file over and over. It saves a lot of repeat processes. I also love the new tab interface for open GIMP files! I rather like it actually... I do GIMP workshops

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-29 Thread Daniel Hauck
Agreed on that point. But since you brought up the tabbed interface, I thought I would bring up an expectation/usability problem I came across while looking 2.8.0 over... (I'm still learning it actually... not enough time to really sit and play... when I use it, there is a purpose and a

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-21 Thread John Coppens
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:34:53 +0200 Johannes anonfo...@gmx.org wrote: But I guess the old ladies wouldn't find the opt-out switch for this behavior in the GIMP preferences, if there was any. So you could still be relaxed and happy. Not entirely sure. I'm guessing a frequent action on a

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-21 Thread scott s.
On 7/17/2012 13:41, Richard Gitschlag wrote: GIMP preserves EXIF metadata when exporting as JPG - the option is there on the Export dialog and it's checked by default. I agree on the point though - whether or not GIMP needs to load the metadata in an image is distinct from whether the user

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-21 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 3:43 AM, scott s. wrote: Well I can you if it is a GEOTiff (standard defined set of Tiff tags) they are lost. That of course is true whether you save an xcf or export back to tiff. IIUC GIMP uses a 3rd party library to read tiff, and I guess GIMP spec doesn't specify

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-21 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:44:51 +0400 From: alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 3:43 AM, scott s. wrote: Well I can you if it is a GEOTiff (standard defined set of Tiff

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-21 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 18:44 -0700, Richard Gitschlag wrote: [Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:] On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 3:43 AM, scott s. wrote: [...] GIMP uses a 3rd party library to read tiff, and I guess GIMP spec doesn't specify if on import if GIMP is to retain meta-data, silently

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-17 Thread isabel brison
I rather like it actually... I do GIMP workshops for (mainly) old ladies who don't know the first thing about computers, but enjoy themselves doing silly photomontages and messing around with pictures of their grandchildren. They used to regularly lose their only original versions of pics through

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-17 Thread Johannes
Am 17.07.2012 22:08, schrieb isabel brison: I rather like it actually... I do GIMP workshops for (mainly) old ladies who don't know the first thing about computers, but enjoy themselves doing silly photomontages and messing around with pictures of their grandchildren. They used to regularly

Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior

2012-07-17 Thread Ken Warner
So the GIMP is for professionals AND old ladies. :-) On 7/17/2012 1:08 PM, isabel brison wrote: I rather like it actually... I do GIMP workshops for (mainly) old ladies who don't know the first thing about computers, but enjoy themselves doing silly photomontages and messing around with