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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="format-change" xml:lang="en-GB">

<info>
 <link type="guide" xref="index#edit"/>
 <desc>You can convert pictures from one image format to another. You can do this in a batch for multiple pictures.</desc>

<revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.1" date="2011-09-05" status="final"/>
 <credit type="author">
 <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
 <email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email>
 </credit>
 <credit type="editor">
 <name>Fabiana Simões</name>
 <email>fabianapsimoes@gmail.com</email>
 </credit>
 <license>
 Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0
 </license>
 </info>

<title>Convert to a different file format</title>

Pictures are saved in a specific file format, like JPEG or PNG. You can
convert from one file format to another.

<section id="single">
 <title>Convert a single picture to a different file format</title>
 <list type="numbered">
 <item>
 Click <gui style="menuitem">Save As…</gui>. The
<gui>Save Image</gui> window will pop up.
 </item>
 <item>
 In the name field, change the file extension to the file format you want to
convert your image to. The file extension is the part of the file name after the period.
 For example, to convert a JPEG (<file>.jpg</file>) file into a Bitmap file (<file>.bmp</file>):
 original file: <file>image.jpg</file>
 new file: <file>image.bmp</file>
 </item>
 <item>
 Click <gui>Save</gui>, and a new file will be saved in the new format. The old file (in the old format) will remain where it was, and will not be deleted.
 </item>
</list>

The image viewer tries to guess which file format to save a picture in
based on the file extension you choose. If it doesn't recognize the file
extension you type, or if you don't know which one to use, click
<gui>Supported image files</gui> in the <gui>Save Image</gui> window. This will allow you to choose the file format from the drop down box.

</section>

<section id="multiple">
 <title>Convert multiple pictures to a different format</title>
 You can convert a number of pictures from one file format to another in
 one go. This is useful if you have a lot of pictures that need converting.
 <list style="numbered">
 <item>
 In the <link xref="view#image-gallery">image gallery</link>, press and
 hold down the <key>Ctrl</key> key and select the pictures you want
 to convert one by one. Alternatively, press
 <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>A</key></keyseq> to select all of the pictures.
 </item>
 <item>
 Click <gui style="menuitem">Save As…</gui>. A window
 will appear (shown below).
 <media type="image" src="figures/multiple-convert.png" width="300"/>
 </item>
 <item>
 The converted pictures will be saved in the current folder by default.
 If you want to save them elsewhere, change the <gui>Destination folder</gui>.
 </item>
 <item>
 Select the file format you want to convert the pictures to from the
 drop-down list to the right of the <gui>Filename format</gui> box.
 </item>
 <item>
 Click <gui>Save</gui>.
 </item>
 </list>
</section>

</page>

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