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358 Photo Handling

option. Now, no matter what viewing quality you select the image (and all copies) will
always show the un-smoothed pixels when enlarged or zoomed in.

Note: If you use the PHOTO TOOL sharpen / blur control then images have to be displayed
at maximum quality. So if you think the viewing quality has stopped working, it's almost
certainly because you have sharpened or blurred the image with the PHOTO TOOL.

Saving & Exporting Photos

Selecting the SAVE option will always save a native .xar file file (unless you’re editing a
Photo document – see Photo Document section below). 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".

You may select from a very wide range of file types, such as JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF,
PDF, PSD, Flash (.swf), BMP, as well as other lesser well known types.

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 (on page 613) is described in more detail here.