Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 256

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Saving Images
When you're finished developing an image, you
can save it in an alternate format. The format you
choose depends on how you plan to use the image.
To save an image in one of the following formats,
choose File > Save As, and choose the format from
the Format pop-up menu. After you click Save,
additional options may appear.
BMP format
BMP is a standard Windows image format on DOS
and Windows-compatible computers. You can
specify either Microsoft
format and a bit depth for the image. For 4-bit and
8-bit images using Windows format, you can also
specify RLE compression.
Filmstrip format
Filmstrip format lets you open, edit, and save
movie files created by Adobe Premiere
As Filmstrip option is only available for Filmstrip
format files. If you resize, resample, change the
color mode, or change the file format of a
Filmstrip file in Photoshop Elements, you won't be
able to save it back to Filmstrip format. For further
guidelines, see the Adobe Premiere User Guide.
GIF format
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is the file
format commonly used to display indexed-color
graphics and images in hypertext markup
language (HTML) documents over the World
Wide Web and other online services. GIF is an
LZW-compressed format designed to minimize
file size and electronic transfer time.
Windows or OS/2
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You can save an image as one or more GIF files
using the Save for Web command. (See
"Optimizing images" on page 230.)
To save a file in GIF format:
1 Choose File > Save As, and choose
CompuServe GIF Format from the format list.
2 If necessary, deselect the Layers as Frames
option.
3 Specify a filename and location, and click Save.
For RGB images, the Indexed Color dialog box
4
appears. Specify conversion options as described
in "Choosing a color mode" on page 68, and
click OK.
5 Select a row order for the GIF file and click OK:
Normal to create an image that displays in a
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browser only when it is fully downloaded.
Interlaced to create an image that displays as
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low-resolution versions in a browser while the full
image file is downloading. Interlacing can make
downloading time seem shorter and assures
viewers that downloading is in progress. However,
interlacing also increases file size.
To save an animated GIF file:
1 Choose File > Save As, and choose
CompuServe GIF from the format list.
2 Select the Layers as Frames option, specify a
filename and location, and click Save.