Saving Files

After you acquire your image, correct it, or manipulate it to your satisfaction, you need to save it to your hard drive.

Starting with version 5 and continuing with the present version, Paint Shop Pro has its own file format. If you created new layers or used any of the vector tools during the processing of your image, you should use Paint Shop Pro's native format, .psp, to save the file. This format preserves the layers and their associated blending modes and the vector object information. Saving under any other format, with the exception of the .psd file format (Photoshop's native format), discards any separate layer information and flattens the image into one layer.

Flattening the image is not a bad thing and is actually necessary ...

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