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Saving & Exporting Photos
Selecting the Save option will always save a native .web file. To save a photo as a JPEG, PNG or other
image file type, it's necessary to use the Export
option, or the shortcut "Ctrl + Shift + E".
There are two icons available on the top bar that are short-cuts to
save the selection as JPG or PNG. These are in the flyout bar
shown when you move the mouse pointer over the Export HTML
icon.
For photos we recommend saving as JPEG (sometimes called JPG) as this offers the greatest
compatibility and the best size / quality compromise.
When you export a JPEG or PNG, there is a Settings
option on the Save Dialog. Selecting this provides many advanced export options, as well as compare
side-by-side alternative settings or even alternative file types such as PNG.
When you export a JPEG, an export preview dialog is shown where you can adjust many export options,
as well as compare side-by-side alternative settings or even alternative file types such as PNG.
The Export Preview dialog allows you to adjust the size, resolution, JPEG quality and even select from 3
alternative export file types if you so wish. The default values should be fine for all normal purposes and
you can just click the export button to save your photo.
Things to remember when exporting:

First select the object or objects you want to export

The default exported size of the image will be the size you see on screen at 100% zoom.
The Export Preview dialog
is described in more detail here.
Tip
: You can control the JPEG quality in the Export Settings dialog on the Options tab. The default and
recommended value is 85%
The JPEG system is designed that a
setting of 85 is the optimum value. We
recommend you do not save JPEGs at
100% quality, as the results are visually
identical to the 85% quality, only the file
size and memory use is dramatically
increased with no benefit.
When saving for use on the web it's quite possible to reduce the quality below 85 to increase page view
speed. The preview window shows the quality of any value you select.
Tip
: If you expect you may want to perform any further edits on your exported image, for example to create
the image again at another size, we strongly recommend saving the .web file as well. This will preserve
the lossless master image along with all its edits and changes.
Example: To resize a photo and save as a new JPEG
This process is very quick and simple:

Drop your photo onto Web Designer Premium (either onto a blank page or onto the title bar to
create a new document)

In the Selector Tool either drag a corner handle to resize the image, or enter the required width
or height into the "W" or "H" field on the InfoBar. Check the image size is correct at 100%
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