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> File Save or Save
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.49"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="GIMP User Manual"
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="File"
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TITLE=" Open File "
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HREF="../dialogs/file_open.html"><LINK
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TITLE="Revert Image"
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>GIMP User Manual</TH
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>Chapter 9. File</TD
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NAME="DIALOGS-FILE-SAVE"
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><SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>File Save</SPAN
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> or <SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Save
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As</SPAN
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NAME="AEN2697"
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> <SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>File Save</SPAN
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> lets you save your file either by
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its extension e.g. save a
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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><TT
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CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
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><I
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>file</I
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>.xcf</TT
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> as an
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>XCF</SPAN
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> image. The <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>XCF</SPAN
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> file
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format is <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GIMP</SPAN
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>'s native file format and
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is the preferred format to save all your images in.
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CLASS="NOTE"
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SRC="../../images/note.gif"
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ALT="Note"></TD
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> You can of course save as <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>TIFF</SPAN
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>,
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>JPEG</SPAN
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>, or one of the other available
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formats, but all the specific <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GIMP</SPAN
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>
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image information will be lost (i.e. the information about
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layers, channels, parasites, selections, etc).
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</P
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>
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> When you save an image in a non-<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GIMP</SPAN
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>
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format (i.e. not as a <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>XCF</SPAN
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> or
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>XJT</SPAN
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> image) you could be asked to export it. By
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exporting it, you will be sure of getting all the visual image
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information saved in the non-native format (exporting will, for
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example, flatten an image to be saved as
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>.jpg</TT
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>). Ignoring the suggestion to export runs
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the risk of losing valuable image information such as nonactive
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layers.
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</P
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><P
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> The <SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Save</SPAN
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> dialog works like any other file
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dialog, but you also have two means of fast navigation.
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<B
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CLASS="KEYCAP"
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>TAB</B
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> completion, if you have a directory <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/gimp</TT
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> and the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Save</SPAN
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> dialog is currently with in the
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/home/gimp</TT
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> directly. Then
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you only have to type <TT
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CLASS="USERINPUT"
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><B
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>/gi</B
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></TT
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> and hit
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<B
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CLASS="KEYCAP"
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>TAB</B
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> and the name will be completed (it works just
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like <B
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CLASS="KEYCAP"
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>TAB</B
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> completion in the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>bash</SPAN
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> or <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>tsh</SPAN
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>
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shells in UNIX or if you have turned it on as <B
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>TAB</B
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>
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completion in the <SPAN
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>cms</SPAN
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> in
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<SPAN
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>NT</SPAN
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>). You also have a drop down
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directory menu which will enable you to quickly move up in the
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directory hierarchy.
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</P
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><P
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> You can also create directories and delete or rename files in the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="INTERFACE"
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>Save</SPAN
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> dialog. Sometimes it is necessary to
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step up and down once in the directory hierarchy before
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GIMP</SPAN
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> will be able to see the new
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directory.
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><H2
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><A
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>Additional Information</A
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> Default Keyboard Shortcut: <B
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CLASS="KEYCAP"
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>Ctrl</B
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>-<B
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CLASS="KEYCAP"
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>S</B
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>
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VALIGN="top"
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HREF="../dialogs/file_open.html"
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>Prev</A
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>Home</A
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>Next</A
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>Open File</SPAN
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>Up</A
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ALIGN="right"
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