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 Version   v3   v2   v1

 Other versions for crawler [v3](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3) [v2](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v2) [v1](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v1)

- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/introduction)
- [ Postcardware ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/postcardware)
- [ Installation and setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/installation-and-setup)
- [ Supported formats ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/formats)
- [ Questions & issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/questions-and-issues)
- [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/changelog)
- [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/about-us)
- [ Upgrading ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/upgrading)

Usage
-----

- [ Basic usage ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/usage/basic-usage)
- [ Saving images ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/usage/saving-images)
- [ Retrieving properties ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/usage/retrieving-properties)
- [ Colors ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/usage/colors)

Image manipulations
-------------------

- [ Overview ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/image-manipulations/overview)
- [ Resizing images ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/image-manipulations/resizing-images)
- [ Optimizing images ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/image-manipulations/optimizing-images)
- [ Adjustments ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/image-manipulations/adjustments)
- [ Image canvas ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/image-manipulations/image-canvas)
- [ Effects ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/image-manipulations/effects)
- [ Adding a watermark ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/image-manipulations/adding-a-watermark)
- [ Adding text ](https://spatie.be/docs/image/v3/image-manipulations/text)

 Saving images
=============

###  On this page

1. [ Saving in a different image format ](#content-saving-in-a-different-image-format)
2. [ Changing JPEG quality ](#content-changing-jpeg-quality)

By default, calling the `save` method on the `Image` will apply all manipulations to your original image file.

```
Image::load('example.jpg')
    ->sepia()
    ->save();
```

To save the image as a copy in a new location pass in the optional `$outputPath`.

```
Image::load('example.jpg')
    ->sepia()
    ->save('sepia-example.jpg');
```

Saving in a different image format
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To save your image as a different image format you can simply change the extension in your output path.

```
Image::load('example.jpg')
    ->save('example.png');
```

You can find the supported image formats here: [Supported image formats](/docs/image/v3/formats)

Changing JPEG quality
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

By calling the `quality` method on the `Image` you can specify the JPEG quality in percent. This only applies to saving JPEG files.

The `$quality` argument should be an integer ranging from `0` to `100`.

```
Image::load('example.jpg')
    ->quality(20)
    ->save();
```

![JPEG quality lowered](../images/example-quality.jpg)