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Photo Handling 369

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 483) is described in more detail here.

Tip: You can control the JPEG quality in the Export Settings dialog on the Options tab.
The default and recommended value is 85%

The JPEG system is designed that a setting
of 85 is the optimum value. We recommend
you do not save JPEGs at 100% quality, as
the results are visually identical to the 85%
quality, only the file size and memory use is
dramatically increased with no benefit.

When saving for use on the web it's quite possible to reduce the quality below 85 to
increase page view speed. The preview window shows the quality of any value you
select.

Tip: If you expect you may want to perform any further edits on your exported image, for
example to create the image again at another size, we strongly recommend saving the
.web file as well. This will preserve the lossless master image along with all its edits and
changes.

Example: To resize a photo and save as a new JPEG
This process is very quick and simple:

• Drop your photo onto Web Designer Premium (either onto a blank page or onto the
title bar to create a new document)