Image Properties

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:41 pm **(#1)**

There are two instances of Image Properties in my Gimp.

File > Properties

Image > Image Properties

Anything I enter into File > Properties gets deleted.

In Image > Image Properties I can add comments that remain after I have saved the image.

Wondering why there are two Image Properties dialogs.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:30 am **(#2)**

This might help.
Re: [Gimp-user] Image metadata is not saved in File / Properties dialog

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:37 am **(#3)**

That's kind of funny. I'm wondering if it is a Linux-only phenomenon.

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But out of curiosity, what is the File -> Properties dialog for?

For viewing and editing metadata.

Why doesn't it save the data typed there?

Because it wasn't finished, but for some reason was made part of the
stable release anyway.

Thanks Odin.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:25 pm **(#4)**

Image > Image Properties > Comment is a nice place to store info about your image. Font & size, Pattern, Gradient, Color number, brush, etc. It saves with the image.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16167

Oregonian wrote:

Image > Image Properties > Comment is a nice place to store info about your image. Font & size, Pattern, Gradient, Color number, brush, etc. It saves with the image.

Excellent idea.