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saving layers Catherine McMillan 23 Aug 00:05
  saving layers John Culleton 23 Aug 14:55
saving layers craniac (Steve Crane) 23 Aug 15:40
  saving layers Catherine McMillan 23 Aug 16:08
Catherine McMillan
2002-08-23 00:05:51 UTC (over 21 years ago)

saving layers

What is the best file type to save a layered image in, without losing resolution/accuracy, such as happens in gif. I found that xcf preserves layers... any better suggestion?

John Culleton
2002-08-23 14:55:49 UTC (over 21 years ago)

saving layers

On Thursday 22 August 2002 06:05 pm, Catherine McMillan wrote:

What is the best file type to save a layered image in, without losing resolution/accuracy, such as happens in gif. I found that xcf preserves layers... any better suggestion?

XCF is it as far as I know.

John Culleton

craniac (Steve Crane)
2002-08-23 15:40:11 UTC (over 21 years ago)

saving layers

Catherine McMillan wrote:

What is the best file type to save a layered image in, without losing resolution/accuracy, such as happens in gif. I found that xcf preserves layers... any better suggestion?

XCF is the GIMP's own native format so that is the best one to use. It is also possible to save in PSD format, which is the Photoshop native format and also preserves the layers. However unless you have a need to edit the images later in Photoshop you should just stick to XCF.

Regards. --
Steve Crane
http://craniac.afraid.org

Catherine McMillan
2002-08-23 16:08:48 UTC (over 21 years ago)

saving layers

Thanks to everyone who replied. You saved me a lot of experimentation.

:)

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, craniac (Steve Crane) wrote:

found that xcf preserves layers... any better suggestion?

XCF is the GIMP's own native format so that is the best one to use. It is also possible to save in PSD format, which is the Photoshop native format and also preserves the layers. However unless you have a need to edit the images later in Photoshop you should just stick to XCF.

Regards. --
Steve Crane
http://craniac.afraid.org
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