08-02-2019, 03:27 AM
insulin junkie, not sure of everything that might be going on with your set-up, but, just to clarify one thing, in GIMP you cannot "SAVE AS" a PNG. SAVE and SAVE AS functions are only for GIMP-specific filetypes. You have to use EXPORT [Ctrl+E] or EXPORT AS [Shift+Ctrl+E] to "save" your work as non-GIMP filetypes.
As one newbie to another, for good or ill, GIMP is a unique application, very possibly not like any image application you've used before, and, unfortunately, what you may have already learned elsewhere just doesn't immediately or intuitively remap into GIMP's procedures, language, and workflows. It is well-worth learning but that won't happen overnight.
As one newbie to another, for good or ill, GIMP is a unique application, very possibly not like any image application you've used before, and, unfortunately, what you may have already learned elsewhere just doesn't immediately or intuitively remap into GIMP's procedures, language, and workflows. It is well-worth learning but that won't happen overnight.