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382 Photo Handling

First open the JPEG, using "FILE" > "OPEN", drag and drop, or in Windows File Explorer
right click and choose Xara Web Designer Premium from the "open with" list. The photo
is opened as a Photo document.

Edit the photo using the photo tools as described above.
If you then do "FILE" > "SAVE" ("Ctrl + S"), the JPEG file you loaded will be overwritten
with the modified image. However by default Xara Web Designer Premium also saves
your photo in its native .web format. This file is placed into a "Masters" folder alongside
your JPEG file. It has the same name as your photo file but with a .web extension. The
.web file includes within it your original photo without the modifications applied, and of
course details of your edits.

In future if you load the modified JPEG file in order to edit it further, Xara Web Designer
Premium will look in the Masters folder to see if there is a .xar file available for that photo.
If so, the .web file is loaded instead of the JPEG file and you can continue editing from
where you left off. When you next save, the JPEG file is again overwritten and an
updated .web file also saved into the Masters folder.
Of course if you don’t want to overwrite your original JPEG file with your changes, you
can use "FILE" > "SAVE AS", to save the modified photo elsewhere, or use the many export
facilities to export your photo into different formats.

You can get hold of the original photo from the .web file by opening it, opening the
BITMAP GALLERY, right clicking on the photo and choosing the SAVE option.