08-29-2022, 08:02 PM
(08-29-2022, 12:58 PM)rhorgan Wrote: Hello....I am using Mac Catalina 10.15.7
After I edit a photo using Amazon photos online editor, I can no longer edit photos via GIMP 2.10.32.
Once I download a photo that has already been edited in Amazon, regardless of the photo type, Gimp will load the photo but it will not be editable and I basically have to shut down the program. Saving the photo with a new name or as a different file type makes no difference as if the photo was locked.
The picture either opens with the Clone pointer without the circle displaying the size of the clone and changing the clone size does nothing and the you have to close down the program. The alternative is that the program opens and the picture is not displayed but rather a blank background ( image attached)
Any thoughts or ideas is appreciated
thanks
rick
The question is: where is the photo file? I suspect it's on the cloud somewhere and not really local, and something is emulatnig a local filesystem using remote/cloudy Amazon storage. So load times become noticeable (so until the image is fully transferred from Amazon it has no layers), and Gimp may even think the file is read-only. There is also the possibility that Gimp does random accesses inside the file (not a problem with a true disk file) and this doesn't work too well with remote storage.
So:
1. Make sure that the file is local, and it it is not, make a local copy
2. Try on the local copy