Saving a raster layer
Raster layers can be exported to a different file. The export process can be used to crop the layer or perform resampling, creating a modified layer. This recipe shows you how to do this.
Getting ready
Open the elev_lid792_1m
layer in your QGIS project.
How to do it…
- Right-click on the name of the raster layer in the QGIS table of contents and select the Save as... menu. You will see the following window:
- In the Resolution fields, replace both of them with a value of
2
. The original resolution (the size of the cell) is1
, as you saw in a previous recipe. - Enter an output file path in the Save as field.
- Click on OK. The layer will be ...
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