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  6.     <title>5.4.¬† Export File</title>
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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">5.4.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Export File</span>
  23.   </th>
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  26.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-errors-dialog.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">5.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Misc. Dialogs</span>
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  37.         <div>
  38.           <div>
  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-export-dialog"></a>5.4.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Export File</span>
  41.   </h3>
  42.           </div>
  43.           <div>
  44.             <div class="revhistory">
  45.               <table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history">
  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
  51.                 <tr>
  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2413 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2008-03-17</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">ude</td>
  55.                 </tr>
  56.               </table>
  57.             </div>
  58.           </div>
  59.         </div>
  60.       </div>
  61.       <a id="id2672268" class="indexterm"></a>
  62.       <p>
  63.     The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Export file</span>‚Äù is opened when you try to save a file in
  64.     a format which does not support several layers or transparency.
  65.   </p>
  66.       <div class="variablelist">
  67.         <p class="title">
  68.           <b>
  69.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The file format does not support animation</span>
  70.     </b>
  71.         </p>
  72.         <dl>
  73.           <dt>
  74.             <span class="term">Portable Network Graphics (PNG)</span>
  75.           </dt>
  76.           <dd>
  77.             <a id="id2672307" class="indexterm"></a>
  78.             <a id="id2672314" class="indexterm"></a>
  79.             <div class="figure">
  80.               <a id="id2672320"></a>
  81.               <p class="title">
  82.                 <b>Figure¬†14.69.¬†
  83.             <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Saving as PNG</span>
  84.           </b>
  85.               </p>
  86.               <div class="figure-contents">
  87.                 <div class="mediaobject">
  88.                   <img src="../images/using/save-png-dialog.png" alt="Saving as PNG" />
  89.                 </div>
  90.               </div>
  91.             </div>
  92.             <br class="figure-break" />
  93.             <p>
  94.           The PNG format, a lossless format, supports transparency but
  95.           doesn't support animation. So, you only can <span class="guilabel">Flatten
  96.           image</span>, i.e merge layers into a single one,
  97.           according to the mode you have selected for the image.
  98.         </p>
  99.           </dd>
  100.           <dt>
  101.             <span class="term">JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF, JPEG)</span>
  102.           </dt>
  103.           <dd>
  104.             <a id="id2672375" class="indexterm"></a>
  105.             <a id="id2672382" class="indexterm"></a>
  106.             <a id="id2672389" class="indexterm"></a>
  107.             <div class="figure">
  108.               <a id="id2672396"></a>
  109.               <p class="title">
  110.                 <b>Figure¬†14.70.¬†
  111.             <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The JPEG Save dialog</span>
  112.           </b>
  113.               </p>
  114.               <div class="figure-contents">
  115.                 <div class="mediaobject">
  116.                   <img src="../images/using/save-jpeg-dialog.png" alt="The JPEG Save dialog" />
  117.                 </div>
  118.               </div>
  119.             </div>
  120.             <br class="figure-break" />
  121.             <p>
  122.           The JPEG format, a compression format with loss, doesn't support
  123.           animation nor transparency. The file will be flattened and
  124.           transparency will be replaced with the background color of Toolbox.
  125.         </p>
  126.           </dd>
  127.         </dl>
  128.       </div>
  129.       <div class="variablelist">
  130.         <p class="title">
  131.           <b>
  132.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The file format supports animation</span>
  133.     </b>
  134.         </p>
  135.         <dl>
  136.           <dt>
  137.             <span class="term">Multiple-Image Network Graphics (MNG)</span>
  138.           </dt>
  139.           <dd>
  140.             <a id="id2672457" class="indexterm"></a>
  141.             <a id="id2672464" class="indexterm"></a>
  142.             <div class="figure">
  143.               <a id="id2672471"></a>
  144.               <p class="title">
  145.                 <b>Figure¬†14.71.¬†
  146.             <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Export MNG File Dialog</span>
  147.           </b>
  148.               </p>
  149.               <div class="figure-contents">
  150.                 <div class="mediaobject">
  151.                   <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-file-export-mng.png" alt="Export MNG File Dialog" />
  152.                 </div>
  153.               </div>
  154.             </div>
  155.             <br class="figure-break" />
  156.             <p>
  157.           The MNG format is an animation format and supports 256 transparency
  158.           levels (which, unfortunately, are not recognized by Internet
  159.           Explorer 6). The dialog offers two options. Select <span class="guilabel">Save as
  160.           animation</span>, since <span class="guilabel">Flatten Image</span> does
  161.           not make sense here. Note that MNG images are not recognized by
  162.           <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>.
  163.         </p>
  164.           </dd>
  165.           <dt>
  166.             <span class="term">Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)</span>
  167.           </dt>
  168.           <dd>
  169.             <a id="id2672537" class="indexterm"></a>
  170.             <a id="id2672543" class="indexterm"></a>
  171.             <div class="figure">
  172.               <a id="id2672550"></a>
  173.               <p class="title">
  174.                 <b>Figure¬†14.72.¬†
  175.             <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Export GIF File Dialog</span>
  176.           </b>
  177.               </p>
  178.               <div class="figure-contents">
  179.                 <div class="mediaobject">
  180.                   <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-file-export-gif.png" alt="Export GIF File Dialog" />
  181.                 </div>
  182.               </div>
  183.             </div>
  184.             <br class="figure-break" />
  185.             <p>
  186.           The GIF format, less sophisticated than the MNG format, supports 256
  187.           colors and 2 transparency levels only. But it will keep on being
  188.           used as long as Internet Explorer doesn't support 256 transparency
  189.           levels.
  190.         </p>
  191.             <p>
  192.           The dialog offers you either <span class="guilabel">Flatten Image</span>
  193.           or <span class="guilabel">Save as animation</span>. See the glossary
  194.           (<a class="xref" href="glossary.html#glossary-gif" title="GIF">GIF</a>) for more details about the GIF
  195.           format.
  196.         </p>
  197.             <p>
  198.           If you have not transformed your image into a 256 colors indexed
  199.           image before, this dialog will ask you choose between
  200.           <span class="guilabel">Convert to grayscale</span> and
  201.           <span class="guilabel">Convert to indexed using default settings</span>.
  202.           Be careful: an indexed image undergoes a severe loss of colors and
  203.           the added palette can give it a size bigger and a quality less than
  204.           if it was saved as JPEG.
  205.         </p>
  206.           </dd>
  207.         </dl>
  208.       </div>
  209.     </div>
  210.     <div class="navfooter">
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  215.           <td width="20%" align="center">
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  217.               <img src="../images/up.png" alt="Up" />
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  223.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-errors-dialog.html">5.3.¬†
  224.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Error Console</span>
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  232.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Sample Points Dialog</span>
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