Re: [Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-15 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 03/15/2017 11:43 AM, LeccyD wrote: > So the process of creating a jpg file compresses the original even though you > are not saving your original as a jpg file! I thought that was what saving it > as > a jpg file was for! Not changing the original! Well I've learnt my lesson and > a > big t

[Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-15 Thread LeccyD
>* LeccyD [03-14-17 15:41]: >did you merge or flatten layers before saving? >I only see any version of windows on someone else's box and haven't >had >gimp there for years and much has changed. sorry. Wow, that's just strange, Patrick, because what you said worked. I recreated an original templ

Re: [Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-14 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* LeccyD [03-14-17 15:41]: > >* LeccyD [03-13-17 16:53]: > >how did you save the file? if you wrote a jpg or png ... you have > >lost > >your layers, they are merged, ie: you don't have a text layer to edit. > > Hi Patrick, thanks for the reply. Well I saved my file as the native .xcf > file.

[Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-14 Thread LeccyD
>* LeccyD [03-13-17 16:53]: >how did you save the file? if you wrote a jpg or png ... you have >lost >your layers, they are merged, ie: you don't have a text layer to edit. Hi Patrick, thanks for the reply. Well I saved my file as the native .xcf file. As soon as I save it, close it and reopen i

Re: [Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-13 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* LeccyD [03-13-17 16:53]: > >Thanks for the reply, Ofnuts. Well GIMP loaded until it got to > >grid.exe and then when I tried to move that elsewhere it says that > >GIMP was using that file right then and I couldn't paste it anywhere > >else. I don't have GIMP open for it to be in use! Gr

[Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-13 Thread LeccyD
>Find that shift.exe (from memory in c:\Program >Files\Gimp2\usr\lib\2.0\gimp\plugins), move it elsewhere, and restart >Gimp, does the startup completes? Or seems to hang on another one? Thanks for the reply, Ofnuts. Well GIMP loaded until it got to grid.exe and then when I tried to move that el

[Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-13 Thread LeccyD
>Thanks for the reply, Ofnuts. Well GIMP loaded until it got to >grid.exe and then when I tried to move that elsewhere it says that >GIMP was using that file right then and I couldn't paste it anywhere >else. I don't have GIMP open for it to be in use! Gr! I've taken out shift.exe, grid.ex

Re: [Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-12 Thread Ofnuts
On 12/03/17 12:42, LeccyD wrote: Hi all, I have problems opening my new installation of GIMP 2.8.20. As its opening, it stops at the Querying New Plugins shift.exe phase and doesn't want to respond. Any clues? Ta ;) Find that shift.exe (from memory in c:\Program Files\Gimp2\usr\lib\2.0\gimp\pl

[Gimp-user] Problems Opening 2.8.20

2017-03-12 Thread LeccyD
Hi all, I have problems opening my new installation of GIMP 2.8.20. As its opening, it stops at the Querying New Plugins shift.exe phase and doesn't want to respond. Any clues? Ta ;) -- LeccyD (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing l