Re: Photoshop vs Gimp Adjustment Layers

Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
> measekite <inkystinky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>   
>> Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
>>     
>>> Whatever, I don't understand what you mean by "being
>>> able to edit layers"?  The current layer is the only one
>>> that is edited, and hence you can indeed edit each layer
>>> separately.  Did you mean something else???
>>>
>>>       
>> Here is what I mean.
>>
>> You create an adjustment Levels Layer and change some settings.
>>
>> Then you create an adjustment Curves Layer and change some settings.
>>
>> Now save the do***ent and close Gimp
>>
>> At a future time you can then (You can do this with Photoshop)
wishfully
>> in Gimp, choose to edit the Curves Layer.  When you open for editing
the
>> settings that were last saved in the Curves dialog appear as they were
>> before you clicked OK and you can make further changes starting with
the
>> last setting you changed.  Everything is there like it was.
>>
>> You can do this with any of the adjustment layers.  It is real nice for
>> if you have a Brightness Contrast layer saves and you test print just
>> needs a little tweak you can edit the layer and make a fine adjustment
>> to go forward.
>>     
>
> Save your image as an XCF formatted file if you want the
> ability to continue editing the layers.  (Of course you
> can also save the same image as JPEG or PPM or whatever,
> for other uses.)  When you revisit it, you still have
> the individual layers, each of which can be edited.
>   
Doing this does not allow you to retrieve the last settings you used for 
Levels and begin from where you left off.  You can only do more Levels 
(or Curves as the case may be) and begin fresh but from the last point 
you saved.  In other words if darkened your photo and need to lighten it 
the overly darkened image is retained but that image is really the 
beginning point instead of let say having the slider in the same 
position you last saved it in and beginning from there.