reducing size of an image in gimp

[Ric Moore]

On 01/24/2013 03:34 PM, Matthew Sturdy wrote:
> On 24 January 2013 18:14, doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net
> <mailto:dmcgarrett at optonline.net>> wrote:
>
>     Opened a .png file in GIMP 2.8.2.  Tried to save it to .jpg. Result:
>
>     "GIMP Message
>     "You can use this dialog to save to the GIMP XCF format. Use
>     File-->Export to export to other file formats."
>
>     I rest my case.
>
> Hi Doug!
>
> Seems that there are some differences between the different versions of
> the GIMP, as the "File-> Export" option doesn't exist in GIMP 2.6.12 on
> Ubuntu 12.04!
>
> However, I can use either   "File->Save"   or   "File->Save As"
> options to change format.

The newest version for 12.10 is 2.8, which requires "export" now. Folks 
just love to CHANGE things! Ric


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