* Cristian Secară <liste@xxxxxxxxxxx> [11-24-12 16:08]: > În data de Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:32:55 +0200, Alexia Death a scris: > > > [...] Save is "safe" and always keeps everthing you can see in GIMP > > UI - you can continue editing from it. Export is always destructive. > > No other format than XCF supports all gimp features. > > Just curious: assuming I open an existing .png file, either do nothing > or just crop to some smaller dimension, then export it again as .png > file format. What is destructive in this case from the file type > perspective ? (your statement about export being *always* destructive) > > Should I understand that in the exported version GIMP will alter > somehow the original .png file structure so that it becomes > "destructive" ? Certainly, the file-save operation *usually* uses the same file-name in which case you have lost your original and it is un-recoverable. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
