Ok I blame Linux Mint (sort of Ubuntu), but Gimp pushed the 2.10.16 that is not ready. It isn't a little thing.
Not trying be over dramatic, but I am in a bit of trouble here, and it will cost me some serious time to get this figured out.
And honestly, comparing 2.8->2.10 is not really the same as complaining about 2.10.14->2.10.16
But anyway, thanks for the link, and I will see what it can do.
EDIT--
Still no clue what it causing the corruption, but it seems the new feature that extends past the boundaries when running filters (like noise->spread or long shadow) may be killing the layer group masks. Also, I trying to stay in 16 bit float helps. Again, psd files work, but everything reverts to sRGB gamma screwed-up blending.
OK it seems that whenever I save an xcf file that has off-canvas areas, then that is what is corrupting the file. I can't say 100% certain, but it looks like it. If I see any layers with the boundary beyond the canvas, then I need to resize it to the canvas size before saving. I hope someone sees this and it helps. I use Gimp almost every day, so I hope I am quick to notice some of these issues. Also the brush tool does not snap to constraints with the CTRL key.
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Not trying be over dramatic, but I am in a bit of trouble here, and it will cost me some serious time to get this figured out.
And honestly, comparing 2.8->2.10 is not really the same as complaining about 2.10.14->2.10.16
But anyway, thanks for the link, and I will see what it can do.
EDIT--
Still no clue what it causing the corruption, but it seems the new feature that extends past the boundaries when running filters (like noise->spread or long shadow) may be killing the layer group masks. Also, I trying to stay in 16 bit float helps. Again, psd files work, but everything reverts to sRGB gamma screwed-up blending.
OK it seems that whenever I save an xcf file that has off-canvas areas, then that is what is corrupting the file. I can't say 100% certain, but it looks like it. If I see any layers with the boundary beyond the canvas, then I need to resize it to the canvas size before saving. I hope someone sees this and it helps. I use Gimp almost every day, so I hope I am quick to notice some of these issues. Also the brush tool does not snap to constraints with the CTRL key.
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