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>File Save</SPAN
> or <SPAN
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> <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>File Save</SPAN
> lets you save your file either by
its extension e.g. save a
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
><TT
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><I
>file</I
></TT
>.xcf</TT
> as an
<SPAN
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>XCF</SPAN
> image. The <SPAN
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>XCF</SPAN
> file
format is <SPAN
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>'s native file format and
is the preferred format to save all your images in.
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> You can of course save as <SPAN
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>TIFF</SPAN
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>JPEG</SPAN
>, or one of the other available
formats, but all the specific <SPAN
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>
image information will be lost (i.e. the information about
layers, channels, parasites, selections, etc).
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> When you save an image in a non-<SPAN
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format (i.e. not as a <SPAN
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>XCF</SPAN
> or
<SPAN
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>XJT</SPAN
> image) you could be asked to export it. By
exporting it, you will be sure of getting all the visual image
information saved in the non-native format (exporting will, for
example, flatten an image to be saved as
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.jpg</TT
>). Ignoring the suggestion to export runs
the risk of losing valuable image information such as nonactive
layers.
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> The <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Save</SPAN
> dialog works like any other file
dialog, but you also have two means of fast navigation.
<B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>TAB</B
> completion, if you have a directory <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/gimp</TT
> and the
<SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Save</SPAN
> dialog is currently with in the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/home/gimp</TT
> directly. Then
you only have to type <TT
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><B
>/gi</B
></TT
> and hit
<B
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>TAB</B
> and the name will be completed (it works just
like <B
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> completion in the
<SPAN
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>bash</SPAN
> or <SPAN
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>tsh</SPAN
>
shells in UNIX or if you have turned it on as <B
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>TAB</B
>
completion in the <SPAN
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>cms</SPAN
> in
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>NT</SPAN
>). You also have a drop down
directory menu which will enable you to quickly move up in the
directory hierarchy.
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><P
> You can also create directories and delete or rename files in the
<SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Save</SPAN
> dialog. Sometimes it is necessary to
step up and down once in the directory hierarchy before
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GIMP</SPAN
> will be able to see the new
directory.
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> Default Keyboard Shortcut: <B
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>Ctrl</B
>-<B
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>S</B
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