Too bad 2 years ago I was really believing each actor of libre graphic softwares would work together and get an open raster file format for storing the source. ora can't store for the moment Gimp 's vector path, text data, mask, etc. xcf? I guess they would reply 'no' because. But in reality, no one have time for unifying things. and I would be happy to have a unified workflow. xcf is an open file format, has all layers, blending mode, vector, text, etc. A solution would be to convince Mypaint and Krita to adopt the same design (split Export and Save) and work around the same XCF file specification? Sure.
#GIMP PLUGIN SAVE FOR WEB SOFTWARE#
Well, it could works if Gimp was as awesome as Mypaint and Krita for digital painting and was the dominant leading graphic application of free software but thats not the case (anymore?). And this move of the designer proove this point and this perspective quite well. Using Gimp into an ecosystem of software? thats not part of the software design Gimp is made to be Gimp-centric in a way and thought this way. In fact the problem appears only for user like me using another source file in the workflow.
It's a real boost of workflow into a project Gimp-centric. Its really cool to get the software protecting your source file, and an export file type and path the software remember for each source file. I also had a very good time with 2.8 when I contributed to re-texture a map of the open source game Nexuiz, as well as when I had to perform webdesign task (header, buttons, background). I teach digital art in school and workshops, and this user error trying to save all the layer of a magazine cover inside a *.jpg is very common. New users aren't supposed to know all the files format, and guiding them to a single file format where all the working data are safe is a strong and right proposition of design. It can be even surprising to hear me say that, but I like some aspect of this behavior and understand the choice of the Gimp development and respect it. Just minor lost of time figuring my way on the Save/Export panel and brain gymnastic to remember I should behave differently now in Gimp. It's confusing because I use the 'save' button for it in my 2 other digital painting applications. The behavior is just different and non consistent with my other softwares. ora (open raster files) as it was before into 2.6. It's less ergonomic for my digital painting workflow within MypaintKritaGimp via the. That said, it's not a big deal and I can live with it easily. Personnaly, I never really was a fan of this new behavior. And even an immediate workaround solution. I try here to write a bit about it, and deliver some thoughts and proposition. Gimp 2.8 Save/Export new behavior is far to be popular according to the gimp-development mailing list of this month or various feedback I had after my tweet about it.