Save Image As...

About

Tired of downloading web images in unsupported formats or having to use slow online converters that compromise your privacy?

Save Image As... is the ultimate lightweight utility browser extension that lets you right-click any image on the web and immediately convert and download it in your format of choice. Whether you need a high-quality JPG, a transparent PNG, a modern space-saving WebP, a copy of the original GIF, or a clean single-page PDF document, this extension handles it in just one click.

🛡️ Why Choose "Save Image As..."?
Unlike other converters that upload your files to remote servers, Save Image As... performs all operations 100% locally in your browser. Your images never leave your computer, ensuring absolute privacy, maximum security, and offline-capable conversion.

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🌟 Key Features:

⚡ Instant Context Menu Integration: Just right-click any image on any webpage, hover over "Save image as...", and select your target format.
📂 5 Target Formats Supported:
  - JPG/JPEG: Ideal for photographs and standard web images.
  - PNG: Perfect for images requiring transparency (alpha channel).
  - WebP: Modern, highly optimized format for next-gen compression.
  - GIF: Downloads the original file format directly.
  - PDF: Packages the image into a clean PDF document, perfect for documents, slides, and offline sharing.
⚙️ Custom Conversion Settings:
  - Adjust JPG & WebP compression quality (from 10% to 100%) to perfectly balance file size and visual fidelity.
  - Customize PDF scaling options to match original dimensions.
📜 Conversion History Log: A neat dashboard inside the extension popup shows your last 20 downloaded files, complete with timestamps and formats.
📝 Smart Filename Generator: Automatically extracts, cleans, and sanitizes filenames from web URLs to keep your downloads folder organized.
🔔 Real-time Notifications: Smooth system-level native toast notifications keep you informed when a conversion starts, finishes, or encounters an issue.

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🛠️ How to Use:

1️⃣ Locate any image on the web you wish to save.
2️⃣ Right-click the image to reveal the context menu.
3️⃣ Hover over the "Save image as..." menu item.
4️⃣ Select your desired output format (JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, or PDF).
5️⃣ The extension instantly converts the image in the background and saves it to your default Downloads folder!

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🔒 Premium & Secure Architecture:
💎 Zero Server Dependency: Built entirely on modern Manifest V3 standards utilizing Chrome's Offscreen Document API for native HTML5 Canvas rendering.
🛡️ Completely Private: No tracking, no analytics, no data collection.
🔋 Ad-Free & Lightweight: Minimal CPU and memory usage.

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📋 Technical Permissions Explained:
We believe in absolute transparency. Here is why this extension requests specific permissions:
🔹 contextMenus: Adds the quick "Save image as..." option directly to your right-click context menu.
🔹 downloads: Allows the extension to trigger the file download and save it to your local machine.
🔹 offscreen: Required in modern browsers to process and convert images on a canvas layout in the background without affecting browser performance.
🔹 storage: Saves your custom quality configurations and maintains your local history list.
🔹 notifications: Sends brief alerts to confirm successful downloads or let you know if a download failed.
🔹 all_urls (Host Permission): Required to fetch and download images from different websites and secure domains. All data remains inside the browser's temporary memory and is never transmitted.