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### 2.6. Save as

This command can be found in an image menu as File->Save As. If you have saved the image previously and don't need to change the file name or any choices for options, you can use the Save command instead.

Default shortcut is Shift+Ctrl+ S.

The "Save as" dialog takes on two appearences: a "basic save as" that is displayed when you use save-as for the first time during the session, and a "browser save-as" that persists all along the session once it's been used.

#### The Basic Save-as Dialog

The basic File Save dialog

Activating this command brings up the "File Save" dialog. In its basic form, as shown above, this gives you an entry to use to assign a name to the file, and a dropdown list of bookmarks to use to select a directory to save it in. Normally the file format is determined by the extension you use in the file name (i.e., .jpg for a JPEG file). You can use the "Select File Type" option expander to pick a different file type, but you should avoid doing this unless absolutely necessary, because it will confuse people.

If the directory you want is not in the list of bookmarks, click on "Browse for other folders" to expand the dialog into its full form. You can find an explanation of the layout, and help on creating and using bookmarks, in the Files section.

#### The Save Dialog (Browser)

| The left panel is divided into two parts. In the upper part you have your main directories and your storage devices; you cann't modify this list. In the lower part, you have a list of bookmarks; you can add or remove bookmarks.
| The middle panel displays a list of the files in the current directory. You select a file by a single left click (a double left click opens the file directly; if you have selected a file different from the current one, a message warns you before overwriting). Right-clicking on the middle panel leads to the Show Hidden Files command.
| The selected image is displayed in the Preview if it is an image created by GIMP. File size, resolution and composition are displayed below preview. If your image has been modified by another program, click on preview to update it.
| Here. you have to assign a name to the file
| This dropdown list is available only in the basic form of the dialog: it provides a list of bookmarks to select a directory to save your file in.
| Above the middle panel, the path of the current directory is displayed: you can navigate along this path by clicking on an element.
| If you want to save the image into a folder that doesn't yet exist, you can create it by clicking "Create Folder" and following the instructions.
| "All files" by default. This means that all file types will be displayed in the middle panel, even if they are not image. You can filter> the list for a particular file type.

There, you have to select your file format for saving. If you have selected By extension, file type will be determined by the extension you have added to the name, for instance ".jpg" for the JPEG format.

| Note
To preserve all the components of you image on saving - Layers, channels...-, use the ".xcf" format.

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