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Chapter 10. Working with Images 93
10.2.2. Loading a File
To load an existing file, select File => Open, and the Load Image dialog appears, as illustrated in
Figure 10-4.
Figure 10-4. The Load Image Dialog
The Load Image dialog displays the working directory, which is the directory you are in when the
GIMP was launched. You can navigate the file system tree by double-clicking on the Directories list
on the left, then selecting a file to open from the Files list on the right.
File name completion is supported by the GIMP. If you type the first few letters of a file name into
the Selection field and press the [Tab] key, the only subdirectories or files beginning with those letters
remain.
Once you select a file, it appears in the Selection field near the bottom of the dialog. On the right
side of the dialog, a thumbnail preview is displayed. Alternatively, a Generate Preview button is
displayed. If you want to view a thumbnail of the image, click on the Generate Preview button.
After selecting a file, click on the OK button to open it. You can also double-click on a file name to
open it.
10.2.3. Saving a File
To save an image file, right click on the image and choose File => Save (or Save as). The Save Image
dialog appears if you choose Save as or if you choose Save and the file has not been saved before.
The Save Image dialog looks almost exactly like the Load Image dialog and navigation of the file
system tree and choosing files works in the same way.
When saving an image, you must choose an image format. The GIMP supports a wide variety of
image formats, including , , , and .
.gif .png .jpg .bmp