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As you work with digital images, at some point you’ll reach a point where saving a file is a good idea. It might be an in-progress save to capture work to date as you edit a photo. Perhaps it’s to prepare a file for printing or sharing on the Internet. Or maybe an export to social media. Luminar offers many different options for saving and exporting images to meet your needs.
Saving a Native Luminar File for Future Edits
As you design using layers, filters, and masks... it’s a good idea to capture that work from time-to- time. To make this easy, Luminar offers a native file format, the Luminar project file (its file extension is .lmnr).
1. To save your work in progress, press Cmd+S on your keyboard or choose File > Save.... A new dialog opens.
2. Choose a new location to store the saved file on your hard drive, an attached disk, or using a Cloud storage provider.
3. You can check the Save original resources and Save history options for more flexibility when editing in the future. If you want to edit the document on a Windows computer, please be sure to check the Windows compatible option.
4. Give the file a descriptive name and click the Save button to write to disk.
Your work is saved in its current state so that you can later continue from the same point. The file is saved in the proprietary Luminar file format and cannot be opened with another application. For other software to use images created using Luminar, you’ll need to Export the file (see below).
Exporting Images
While saving a native Luminar file is important, you may also need to export multiple files for other tasks. Maybe its to post online, to drop into a presentation, or to collaborate with others. When you export a file, you can save in a variety of file formats including JPG, TIFF, PNG and even PSD. Each file format has its own unique set of parameters which are standard macOS system options.
Saving an Image File
You can also save image files from your Luminar project. These files are broadly compatible with many other applications. To create a new graphic file.
1. It is first suggested that you save a native Luminar project first using the File > Save command.
2. To create a new graphic file choose File > Export or click the Share image button in the upper right corner and choose Export to image.... A new dialog box opens.
3. Choose a new location to store the saved file on your hard drive, an attached disk, or using a Cloud storage provider.
4. Select from the following optional items:
5. Give the file a descriptive name and click the Save button to write to disk.
Supported File Formats
The following types of file can be created in Luminar.
Open an Image in Other Skylum Apps
Luminar is part of a bigger set of tools from Skylum. You can easily send your image to other Skylum software products for additional enhancement or correction. Just click File > Open In and select a targeted application.
If you’ve installed Luminar as a plug-in or extension to other applications (see Installing “Luminar 2018 as a Plugin”) then other applications may appear.
Open an Image in other Apps or Services
If you’d like to send your image to another application or service, that’s easy too. Luminar integrates with several other applications and web services to make sharing your finished photo (or a work in-progress) fast and simple. Just click File > Share To or click the Share Image button in the upper right corner and select a targeted application.
You may need to separately have an account on these services to access them within Luminar. If an application isn’t installed on your machine, it will be grayed out in the menu
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