gimp just froze on me half way though my project!

[Demon_Absol]

okay is there anyway i can save it at least without closing it? pwease

[David Wood]

Nope, you're screwed.

[Maffe811]

Tip:
find your limits in gimp (pc spec wise)
I have 2GBs of ram, so my limits are around 1000px*1000px
also i shouldnt use the ram-heavy scripts and filters when im getting in the higher range.

If you have Ubuntu (or any linux i think) you can install perl or sumthing and it will auto save along the way.
I have vistan and win 7 so no auto save for me...
im hoping that there will be an autosave feature in gimp before it reaches 3.x.x

[Demon_Absol]

hopefully the next version of gimp have autosave.... I NEED AUTO SAVE O_O

[Maffe811]

It wont... 2.8 will introduce 1window mode and layer groups.
im thinking 2.9 may include it but i hope that 3.0 will have it.. if not i might know enough coding to make my own autosave....
Edit: couldnt a coder just code in:

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autosave ()
   if save == true
      {
         Save
      }
   else
      {
         wait 3000ms
         goto autosave
      }

my phail coding...^

But the basic idea is, if you have saved your document it will automaticly save your progress every nth second... shouldnt be to hard...

[dark lite]

im sure theres some auto save script for windows, just cant find it.

cant save layers but print screen will copy everything to clipboard then you can paste and save it in anything,

the last resort

thats what the print scrn button is for

[Maffe811]

No, it will give you a grey overlay on the screen...
And... :

If you have Ubuntu (or any linux i think) you can install perl or sumthing and it will auto save along the way.

Ive already asked about this....

[David Wood]

There is an autosave plugin somewhere.

[Maffe811]

Well why didnt no one tell me when i asked
all i got was:
Instal Linux, install perl, download this scrip *link to perl script*

Edit:
Found this, http://registry.gimp.org/node/20875

Re-Edit:
http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/does-gimp ... 45683.html

Re-Re-Edit:
http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-develo ... 18118.html
My idea in a python script^
Testing and give ya feedback

Re-Re-Re-Re-Edit:
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=6934

Any ideas how to get this, any one know any one to contact to make this happen??

The gimp development team.

lol yeah, or write a script!

[Rod]

Rob A created one in python some time back
Sort of a hacked version of the Perl version of autosave.