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Chapter 10: Saving and Printing Pictures
Microsoft Digital Image Standard User’s Manual
Choosing a File Format
Digital Image allows you to save photos in a number of image file formats. You
can determine the best format for saving your photos based on what you will
use the photos for, compatibility with other computers, and file size. To help
you understand the difference between file formats, here are some important
characteristics of three common image formats:
• Digital Image PNG Plus (.png) saves the individual objects in your
photo projects so you can edit them later. PNG offers lossless compres
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sion, but not all computers have the software to open PNG files.
• TIFF (.tif) is a common format for cameras that produce lossless images.
TIFF does not support layers, but is a good format for saving important
photos, although the files are relatively large and take up a lot of space.
• JPEG (.jpg) is the most common format for images, since the files can
be opened on practically any computer. JPEG does not support layers.
Too much JPEG compression can reduce image quality, but JPEG is a
format that makes relatively small files that work well for most purposes,
especially for e-mail and the Web.
To save a photo in a specific file format:
1. On the File menu, click Save As.
The Save As dialog box opens.
2. In the Save as type box, click a file type.
3. Click Save
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