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    • MOO
      MOO SVS OG last edited by MOO

      I just lost about 2 hours or more worth of my work on Krita 😞 Just wanted to vent on here or get sympathy...or something. This is going to be frustrating. At least I still have part of it that I made a copy of last night but none of tonights work. I was really liking it too. So hard to figure out how to do certain things.....I wish I had a little workbook with assignments I could do a little at a time. I guess I just need to be patient...as usual. Thanks for listening. I was liking it too. Ugh.

      Marsha Ottum Owen

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      • Heather Boyd
        Heather Boyd last edited by

        Oh I am terribly sorry.=( That’s a major bummer. Not much comfort in this but I hope your process step by step has improved so maybe you can recreate it with the knowledge you’ve learned and can do it more quickly.

        If you redo it please share it on here, I’d really like to see it.

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        Be blessed,

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          JennyJones @MOO last edited by

          @Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Boo!!! I hate it when the technology takes us down! My sympathies for your loss. Maybe you will like the redo even better. That’s my Pollyanna spin on it.

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          • NessIllustration
            NessIllustration Pro last edited by

            @Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen I'm so sorry Marsha 😞 It sucks so much when it happens! Re-doing work is the worst!!

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            • braden H
              braden H @MOO last edited by

              @Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen That. Friggin'. SUCKS. There's nothing worse than losing work to computer error.

              I think it's possible to set up Krita to autosave if this is happening to you regularly.

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              • Chip Valecek
                Chip Valecek SVS Team SVS OG last edited by

                After that happened to me once, I learned to always press ctrl+s very often.


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                • animatosoor
                  animatosoor @Chip Valecek last edited by

                  Argh, I feel you, Marsha. So sorry this happened! I really do think that when you redo it you'd like it better, as @JennyJones said. But again, this sucks, and I'm sorry.

                  @Chip-Valecek said in I lost my work 😞:

                  After that happened to me once, I learned to always press ctrl+s very often.

                  I do the same! Command + S as I'm a Mac user. Every 10 minutes or so or more, hahah.

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                  • MOO
                    MOO SVS OG last edited by

                    Thanks for the sympathy, everyone 😁💓. And for the Ctrl S tip!

                    Marsha Ottum Owen

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                    • ShannonBiondi
                      ShannonBiondi SVS OG last edited by

                      Uuuuuuugh! That suuuuuucks! Sorry to hear that happened to you. I think it happens to everyone at some stage or another - and it's such a bummer when it does!! Like someone else mentioned, try focusing in the fact that you learned things when you did it (even if it was all lost) so you still gained a lot out of the process. x

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                      • Nyrryl  Cadiz
                        Nyrryl Cadiz SVS OG last edited by

                        I’m so sorry for you. Yeah, I hear that Krita crashes from time to time. This really stinks. It would definitely help to save your work as often as every hour.

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                        • lmrush
                          lmrush Pro SVS OG last edited by

                          I am so sorry this happened to you, absolutely vent. I can empathize, I once painted hours of hair and I was really loving it and lost it. I tried for several more hours to find it get it back and just ended up repainting. It was a lesson learned. I am sorry this happened to you 😞

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                          • IgorWoznicki
                            IgorWoznicki last edited by

                            Well that's a bummer! The only thing I can say is something others have already mentioned...be sure to use ctrl + S shortcut very often! Two hours is not that bad though! (unless that's the whole time you have to draw each day) it's muuuch worse when you're doing something big and you're 10h+ into it 🙁

                            Look for positives though! If you're willing to take another shot at the same art piece, you've made some kind of 'test run' before that. It may be easier and quicker this time! 😄

                            Spreading art and positive vibes!

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                            • MOO
                              MOO SVS OG @lmrush last edited by

                              @lmrush oh no! That sounds horrible!

                              Marsha Ottum Owen

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                              • lmrush
                                lmrush Pro SVS OG @MOO last edited by

                                @Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen thank you, now I save often and make duplicate files photoshop and jpeg 🙂

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