There are two options for saving your project. Save and export. But I have no idea what different they are. Their function seems exactly the same. Isn’t it?

[image] Export vs "save as" General Questions Hi Can’t understand much difference between export and “save as” … when is it best to use which? They both seem to have the same options and file type choices in the end …

In case of export, the filename does not change. So, if you are working on “Funny-Picture.kra” and you export your work as “Big-Mountain.png”, your project will be “Funny-Picture.kra”, in case of save to “Big-Mountain.png”, your project will be “Big-Mountain.png”. Michelist

Great! Much appreciate it :slight_smile:

Hmm…kinda complicated. I’ll just leave it alone. It’s not a big deal anyway. I was just curious. Thank you!

Typically, you want to use “Export” when you want to save in a different format than .kra, for example you finished the work and you want to show your friends or publush it, then you Export as png. That way Krita will still remind you to save as .kra. I nearly never use Save As, only Save Increment…

The main difference is that Save as… will make the saved copy the new active document you work on, while export does not. This can easily make you lose all layers when saving as a png for example and you didn’t notice your not on your original kra file anymore.

What is the differnce between save and export?

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