(06-18-2025, 11:09 PM)tinkertool Wrote: Hello, I have a couple newbie questions about saving files:
1. When I try to save a file (hoping to save as .jpg or .gif), those file formats don't seem to be available. Is there a way to get them?
One of the Gimp fundermentals. You only "Save" as a Gimp format .xcf (also compressed formats .xcf.gz..)
This keeps all layers / active selections / text-as-text / guides / various settings so you can go back and start editing where you left off.
The "Export" formats .png / .jpg are "finished" formats generally flattened into one layer.
Quote:2. I did find the "Export As" command,which does list .jpg and .gif file types (as well as many others). This will work, albeit a little slower, but to reduce disk space usage I am lowering the Quality setting to 50%. I see I can save this setting as a default, and then recall the Saved Setting each time I export (save). Is there a way to automatically select my saved setting as a default to avoid having to go through the "Load Save Settings" step each time?
For jpegs the quality / file size curve is not linear. 100 is still lossy, best is 95 - 85 where there is a substantial reduction in file size. 65 and below, poor quality, not much saving in file size. There is an option to give a file size estimate for jpegs. There are more recent formats such as webp where you might get better results.
As far as I know the save settings works.
Quote:I also have a question about how to save time when performing the same steps over lots of images. Does GIMP have something like a "macro" capability where I can save a series of steps and have them all automatically applied with the click of a button? I looked into the "Templates" feature, but that doesn't seem quite right because it doesn't appear to offer all the full set of menu options.
There is no macro facility at the moment. It is on the development timeline for future releases (do not hold your breath)
If you can get all your workflow from the gmic plugin http://www.gmic.eu that has the ability to add used filters to a list for future use (faves)