Why did they f*ck with GIMP?

[Rahul Sundaram]

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On 09/15/2012 10:50 PM, Lailah wrote:

> Oh!  I agree with the format stuff.  Why they don't let me choose what
> format by default I want?  Why, if I edit a jpg, I have to save it as a
> xcf?
> Is very annoying.
> But I don't call it  "fsck with Gimp".  I call it a bug.
> If I knew how to ask for an enhancement for Gimp, I'll happily do it.

It saves in the default format because it is the only format that can
save all the extra metadata (where undo etc is possible).  You can
export it and save in whatever format you want. Control + E instead of
Control + S.

Alternatively, use

http://shallowsky.com/blog/gimp/gimp-save-export-clean.html

Rahul

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