If you choose Save from the image preview Save menu, you have to specify an image format in the Save As dialog.
Follow these instructions to save an image:
In the Image menu, choose Save. The Windows Save As dialog is displayed.
Choose the folder on your PC or on the network where you want to save the image.
Enter a name for the file in the text box File name.
Choose an image format in the drop-down list Save as type.
Click on the Save button to save the file.
The file formats which you can choose include jpg which is also referred to as jpeg, and tga, the Windows formats dib and bmp, tif (tiff), pdf and lwi.
Bmp and tif (tiff) are so-called non-destructive formats. The other formats delete (destroy) information to a greater or lesser extent when an image is saved, for optimization purposes, but the bmp and tif (tiff) formats do not do this.
If you choose to save your image in JPG format, remember that you can change the default setting for the quality of the images. Go to the JPG tab in the Control Panel and make changes under Settings for saving JPG images.
Example:
You want to develop a small image to go on a web site. The image must not use much memory.
To do this, follow the instructions below:
Choose a small size for the image, for example A9, and the lowest resolution level, 72 dpi. This will result in an image which does not use much memory (44.8 KB).
Enter the remaining settings and click on Develop.
When the image is developed, select Save from the Image menu.
Enter a File name and select JPEG files in the drop-down box Save as type.
Click on Save.
You want to develop and eventually print out (in A4 format) a sharply defined, high resolution image. The image will use a lot of memory.
To do this, follow the instructions below:
Choose a large image size, for example A4, and a relatively high resolution, for example 300 dpi. (The size of the image will be 24.7 MB).
Continue as described in points 2-5 above.