On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Jeremy Morton <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > OK, well that's a terminology thing. I meant export. Why would you keep > exporting it to a JPEG? I was saying what you're saying; if you're > opening/importing a JPEG with the intention of editing it and exporting it, > it only makes sense to save a lossless (probably XCF) before you get > started. The criticism of ctrl-E writing to the original file seems to be > that you'll lose the quality of the original JPEG, but if you're doing that > without having first saved a lossless copy, your workflow is... probably > flawed. It isnt. Sample workflow: Open jpg, Crop, scale, unsharp mask, export for saving to web. I have no reason to save the xcf of neither the source JPG or the resulting web file however I would be extremely distressed If the source JPG got overwritten. -- --Alexia _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
