Save images or sequences

For information on supported file formats, see Supported save formats.

To save an image on Windows or Mac OS X

1. Select File > Save Image to save the current frame as an image.
2. In the file browser, enter a name and extension for your file, select a format and destination for the file, and click Save.

   Your file is saved to the specified folder.

To save an image using hotkeys (Linux)

1. Do one of the following:
   • If you do not want to overwrite the current filename, press w to save the file as fcheck.out.1. The file will be numbered 1 if it is not already numbered. If is already numbered, it will number the file with the same frame number as before.
   • If you want to overwrite the current filename, first press F11 to turn on file overwriting, then press w to save the file. The old file is replaced with the newly saved file.

Your file is saved in the same directory where the file was opened.

To save a sequence on Windows

1. Select File > Save Animation to save the animation as a sequence of images.
2. In the file browser, enter a name and extension for your file, select a format and destination for the file, and click Save.

   For information on frame numbering and padding numbers, see Frame numbering and padded numbers.

   Your file is saved to the specified folder.

To save a sequence on Mac OS X

1. Select File > Save As Sequence to save the animation as a sequence of images.
2. In the file browser, enter a name and extension for your file, select a format and destination for the file, and click Save.

   For information on frame numbering and padding numbers, see Frame numbering and padded numbers.

   Your file is saved to the specified folder.

To save a sequence using hotkeys (Linux)

1. Do one of the following:
   • If you do not want to overwrite the current sequence filenames, press Shift + w to save the files as fcheck.out.1,2,.... The files will be numbered according to it’s original frame number in the sequence.
   • If you want to overwrite the current sequence filenames, first press F11 to turn on file overwriting, then press Shift + w to save the files. The old files are replaced with the newly saved files.

Your files are saved in the same directory where the sequence was opened.

To save as Apple^®QuickTime^®movie on Mac OS X

1. Select File > Save As Movie to save the animation as an Apple QuickTime movie.
2. In the file browser, enter a name and extension for your file, select a format and destination for the file, and click Save.

   Your file is saved to the specified folder.

For information on supported file formats, see FCheck supported file formats