[Gimp-developer] Gimp Export Properties Not Preserved

[Jason Simanek <jsimanek gmail com>]

Hi,

Is there any way to set default JPG/PNG/whatever export settings? I am 
manipulating a lot of images right now and every JPG export involves 
changing the Quality, the Smoothing and the DCT method. Over and over 
and over. This happens with Export as well as using the Save for Web 
plugin (which really should have a way to specify defaults).

I imagine the work I am doing is a common task for Gimp users: opening 
multiple images cropping and changing those images and exporting each 
one as a unique version from the original.

Fortunately a lot of work like this can be dealt with by David's Batch 
Processor, but that doesn't address situations where you are altering 
each image file in unique ways.

As an example, Photoshop will remember whatever values you used the last 
time you exported/Saved for Web(Screen or whatever they call it now). 
It's fine if Gimp doesn't mimic Photoshop exactly, but it would be nice 
if the default could defined in the Preferences.

Another Idea! A feature that Photoshop doesn't have (outside of creating 
an Action): an "Export all open files" dialog could be pretty great. 
Allowing you to set – like DBP – the quality properties and destination 
directory all at once to export all open files. That would be AWESOME.

Thanks in advance for considering my question/workflow problem. I 
apologize if this question has been answered elsewhere but I couldn't 
find any satisfactory information with the usual methods.

Jason Simanek