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open/save/export

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open/save/export Nicolas Robidoux 22 Oct 14:03
Nicolas Robidoux
2009-10-22 14:03:48 UTC (about 15 years ago)

open/save/export

(Apologies if this repeats a previous suggestion.)

I am wondering if making a distinction between

saving an IMAGE (which would have an export format component)

saving a PROJECT (basically, saving a GEGL tree: this should be the "quick save")

saving a WORKSPACE (chosen set of parameters for tools, basic window configurations etc, stripped of image/"input" specific information)

would help make things clear to users.

I like "saving a project" because I expect users to immediately understand that a project is not an image, and consequently, a project can't be stored in jpg.

On the other hand, when I have a certain type of work to be done with an image, I'd bring it to a specific workspace, which basically would provide a work context, a "table" with the most likely needed tools laid out in front of me with the settings I am most likely to need.

Nicolas Robidoux Laurentian University