With the gimp, saving jpegs requires that you adjust the quality of the image 
and then it saves the image, overwriting the original image with the new 
compression ratio.  Is there a way to get the Gimp to allow me to alter the 
content of an image without messing with the image data itself?

On Thursday 18 April 2002 09:34 am, Robert A. Klahn wrote:
> Yes, the GIMP does this quite well. You are prompted for the JPEG comment
> anytime you try and save a JPEG file.
>
> Bob.
>
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:05:09 -0700
>
> plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
> > Message: 7
> > From: Lynn David Newton <lynn.newton@cox.net>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:58:50 -0700
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: GUI JPEG Comment Editor
> > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> >
> >
> >   Rick> I am looking for a GUI comment editor for JPEG
> >   Rick> files. I know of rdjpgcom and wrjpgcom, but I
> >   Rick> want a gui for this. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Can't this be done with the Gimp?
> >
> > --
> > Lynn David Newton
> > Phoenix, AZ

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