05-25-2020, 08:09 PM
(05-25-2020, 03:28 PM)ajax Wrote: This method of operation presents a slight usability problem that requires the exercise of some care. If, like me, the motive for retaining an .xcf file is to preserve the layers it becomes necessary to "Flatten" before export but then "Undo" the flatten or possibly exit without saving in order to retain the desired multi-layer file.
When I want to avoid clobbering a source file, I do Image>Duplicate and close the original image. In the duplicate, there is no trace of the source file, so Gimp (or you) can't overwrite it by mistake.