Exporting

You may need to use images that were optimized in StudioLine in other applications such as word processing or desktop publishing. StudioLine allows you to convert images to the most common graphics formats and store them on your hard disk or other media.

Your first step is to decide where the exported file should be stored. Open the StudioLine Explorer "My Computer" by clicking the appropriate button on the toolbar (see below).

 

Navigate to the target folder or create a new one.

In the Image Archive, select any images to be exported, click and hold the left mouse button on one of them and drag the mouse pointer to the StudioLine Explorer.

In the panel "Export Object As..." (see below), define the image size, file format and file name.

The option "Apply Tools" is selected by default. If you were to turn off this option, then StudioLine would disregard any tools, filter and effects that you may have applied against the image. This would only be useful if you needed to export the original image.

The option "Include EXIF Data" is not selected by default. If supported by the file format you choose, StudioLine will embed the digital camera information into the exported picture.

Click the Image Size drop down list to change the outer dimensions of your exported image.

The option "Use Original Image Size" exports the picture in the original, highest resolution. Otherwise, choose the most common sizes from the drop-down list or enter custom values for maximum height and width.

By defining a "Maximum Image Size", you are defining a rectangle, in which the image will have to fit. This is not necessarily the actual size of the exported image. For example, you could define a maximum size of 400 by 400 pixels (see illustration below) for an original image that is larger. If your image is in portrait format, then the image would be scaled down to 400 pixels high with the width being proportionally less. For a landscape image, the width would be scaled down to 400 pixels wide and the height would be adjusted proportionally. Images are never enlarged, as this would decrease the image quality significantly.

The choice of file format is controlled by the intended application for the exported image. To use a picture on the Internet, you would commonly limit the maximum picture size and choose the "JPEG" format. It uses a very effective compression algorithm to reduce file size and is supported by all web browsers. For print or archiving applications, you may want to choose a "loss-less" format, such as "TIFF" and use large image sizes for best desired resolution.

By default, StudioLine will propose a file name based on the "Image Name" descriptor. If multiple images have the same name or if you typed your own file name into the input field, then StudioLine will append a sequence number to the file name, if necessary.

Exported images can be loaded back into StudioLine. However, they will be treated as entirely new images without any active tools and with the default descriptor values. You must export in the "StudioLine File" (.SLI) file format if you want to retain all picture information.