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robaho / seashore

easy to use mac osx image editing application for the rest of us
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warn if saving document does not save layers #91

Closed yao2000 closed 4 years ago

yao2000 commented 4 years ago

Hi,

I am posting this message to explain my comment on App Store.

In Seashore every picture is opened as "Background" layer. I can create new layers and do some change on the new layer. But after saving file and closing Seashore, these layers are lost. Even I open the same file using Seashore, the modified picture is a whole part now and is "Background" again.

For example, I may create a rectangle on one layer, and a circle on the 2nd layer. If layer info could be preserved, next time I want to modify the rectangle, I only need to modify the 1st layer. In current version, I need to extract rectangle first before modifying it.

Thanks, Yao

robaho commented 4 years ago

You need to save as an XCF file - this preserves the layers. The bitmap formats (png, tiff, jpg) do not support layers.

Typically you work with XCF and then ‘export as’ a bitmap file. If you start by opening a bitmap file it assumes you want to save as a bit map. If layers are added it should warn you that layers will be lost when being saved (as a bitmap). Maybe the warning is not working.

yao2000 commented 4 years ago

I could not find XCF file..I am using macOS 10.15.1 and Seashore Version 2.4.14 (2019113001)

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yao2000 commented 4 years ago

Hi,

I just realized that GIMP image is XCF file...Maybe there are other people who do not know this..I do not see any warning when saving to png/jpg...although I do want to save layer info.. Maybe mentioning that layer info is only saved in bitmap is also good.

robaho commented 4 years ago

I will check on the warning. I will also change the label to GIMP/XCF.

Again, best to use ‘export as’ for bitmap and always save to XCF.

It is probably a problem for you since you are starting with a bit map file. You can also create a new XCF file then drag your file in as a layer.

robaho commented 4 years ago

I checked - it will warn you if you try to close the image. It doesn't warn you if you 'quit' and the some bitmap images have multiple layers.

yao2000 commented 4 years ago

Thank you

robaho commented 4 years ago

fixed in 2.4.15 albeit slightly differently - when saving a document and it has layers and the current format does not support layers a warning will be issued