From someone who's been following the development of GIMP a bit: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Harald Pfeiffer <comme...@maxim-x.com> wrote:
> 1) [...]So my first recommendation is that GIMP's SAVE IMAGE > window be restructured to cause the folder tree under the PLACES > heading, to always remain in sync with the active folder I don't see any "tree" (then again I just looked over the dialog in XP, not win7). The items under "Places" are just bookmarks for convenience that can be added/removed. GIMP uses GTK's file Open and Save dialogs, which differ a bit from native windows dialogs. It may just be that you'll need to spend some time getting used to the differences. > 2) [...] So my second suggestion is to clarify the file type selection for > saving files so that it becomes intuitive and unmistakable. The upcoming version will divide "Save" from "Export" - where saving will produce XCF files (native GIMP files) and exporting will produce formats like BMP, PNG, etc. In 2.6 I leave the 'By Extension' area minimized and just put the desired extension in the filename. So if I was working on 'image.xcf' and wanted to save as BMP I would do 'Save As' and type'image.bmp' in the filename box, and it will produce a BMP file. > 3) The third issue is one of esthetics. GIMP is divided into separate > windows. Single-Window Mode is coming in the next version (as an option). In the meantime, use the <Tab> key to show/hide the dialogs and toolbox. HTH, Chris _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
