Saving an Image

After capturing and editing an image, the final step is to save the image. You can save images using any of the following file types: BMP, GIF, HDP, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, WDP, XPS.

Save

Select File > Save or press CTRL+S on your keyboard.

This saves the changes in the active file. If the file has not been saved previously, the Save As dialog opens. Complete the options (destination, file name, file type) in that dialog and click Save.

Rename and Save

Select File > Save > Rename and Save.

This saves the active file under a different name and/or file type and to a particular location. The difference between this option and the normal "Save As" option is what happens to the original file. If you use this option, the old file is simply replaced with the new name. If you use the "Save As" option, the file is saved with a new name, but the old file still exists with the old name.

Save As 

Select File > Save > Save As.

This opens the Save As dialog, which lets you save the active file under a different name and/or file type and to a particular location. Complete the options (destination, file name, file type) in that dialog and click Save. The new file is then displayed in the editor.

Save To

Select File > Save > Save To.

This opens the Save As dialog, which lets you save the active file under a different name and/or file type and to a particular location. Complete the options (destination, file name, file type) in that dialog and click Save. The new file is not automatically displayed in the editor.

Save All

Select File > Save > Save All or press CTRL+SHIFT+S on your keyboard.

Save Print Version

Select File > Save > Save Print Version.

This saves a copy of the image with print settings applied to it. This option is enabled if you have an image open in the Capture Editor and you have previously applied print settings to that image. (You must also save the image before this option is enabled.) Print settings are applied to an image on the Format tab of the File Properties dialog or Profiles Editor. When you use this option, a copy of the image is saved in a folder called "PrintVersions," next to the location where the original image was saved. See Capture Editor, File Properties Dialog, and Profiles Editor, and Setting Image Properties Using Mediums.

Note You can enable settings for different mediums (i.e., other than the Web (Default) medium) only if the image in question already exists in a MadCap Flare project.

Save to Targets

Select File > Save > Save To Targets.

Place check marks next to the profiles that you want to use, and click Save.

If you want to use the same image with more than one profile, you can save the image to multiple profile targets. This option works especially well if you have included condition tags on some objects in the image. See Conditions.

Tips for Saving Images

Here are some tips that you might find useful when saving an image in Capture.

  • Use a Profile If you use a profile when capturing an image, it will save you time. A profile lets you apply various settings to an image as you capture it. This includes selecting a destination, file type, and even a file name ahead of time. Then, when you save the image, that information will already be completed for you in the Save As dialog. See Capture Profiles.
  • Save in a Flare Project If you plan to use the Capture image in a MadCap Flare project, it is a good idea to save the image in the Content > Resources > Images subfolder (the default image location) where you have stored the Flare project. This way, you do not have to add the image to the project before inserting it into a topic. In addition, each time you make changes to the image in Capture, those changes will automatically be reflected in the Flare project.
  • Access Capture from Flare Initiate the screen capture from within Flare. When you do this, the image will be saved within the Flare project. See the online Help in Flare for more information about its tight integration with Capture.
  • Use Condition Tags and Save to Profile Targets If you are saving an image to multiple profile targets, you might try placing condition tags on objects within the image (e.g., one copy of the image might be set to include certain objects and another copy of the image might be set to exclude those objects). See Conditions.

Examples

Example — Save to Targets

Let's say you have a profile called "Profile1" that specifies images should have a 3-pixel black border around it. You might have another profile called "Profile2," which is identical to the other profile, except that it specifies images should not have any border.

With those profiles already created, you can capture a new image. When you are ready to save the image, instead of clicking the usual Save button, you select File > Save > Save To Targets (ribbon) or File > Save To Targets (menu). And this is what you see:

Because you want that one image to use settings from both Profile1 and Profile2, you place check marks next to those profiles and save.

The end result is that one copy of the image has a border and the other copy does not.

Example — Conditions and Multiple Profile Targets

You need to use an image for two purposes in two different locations. Therefore, you create two profiles to serve your needs. Profile1 contains the settings for Location1, and Profile2 contains the settings for Location2.

In addition, perhaps each image copy needs to have a callout object on it. Maybe you want Callout 1 to be shown only with your Profile1 output, and you want Callout 2 to be shown only with your Profile2 output.

In the end, you want something like this for Profile1:

And you want something like this for Profile 2:

Now, you could just create two different images and put Callout 1 on the first image and Callout 2 on the second image. But with condition tags and the ability to save to profile targets, you can have both callouts on one image.

In order to direct the image copies to the correct places with the appropriate settings (i.e., the correct callout on each image), you create condition tags. In each profile, you create one condition tag called "Location1" and another called "Location2." (If you integrate the image into a Flare project, you may not even need to create the condition tags; you can simply use the ones already contained in the project.)

In addition, you use the Conditional Text tab in each profile to tell Capture how to handle the conditions.

In Profile1, you specify that Location1 should be included and Location2 should be excluded.

In Profile2, you specify that Location1 should be excluded and Location2 should be included.

Now you can select one of those two profiles when you perform the initial capture. That way, the image itself will also have the condition tags in it, which lets you preview the image with the condition tags applied.

After performing the screen capture, you can add your two callouts to the image. Then you double-click on each callout object and use the Conditional Text tab to tell Capture which condition tag each object should use.

Let's say that for Callout 1, you specify it this way:

And for Callout 2, you specify this:

When you are done, a blue square will be shown on Callout 1, and a pink square will be shown on Callout 2.

The squares are there simply to show condition tags. In the actual output, the squares will not be visible.

Now you are ready to save the image. Instead of clicking the usual Save button, you select File > Save > Save To Targets (ribbon) or File > Save To Targets (menu). And this is what you see:

Because you want that one image to use settings from both Profile1 and Profile2, you place check marks next to those profiles and save.

The end result is that one copy of the image displays only Callout 1 and the other copy displays only Callout 2.