Step 1: click on File -> Export As... in the menubar. It has be Export As..., the Save and Save As options won't work. A file picker dialog will appear for you to choose where to export the image file to.
Step 2: navigate to the folder where you want to save the image file, and type a valid filename in the Name field.
If you use this dialog as you normally would use one of these, you'll get an error that reads "The given filename does not have any known file extension." That's because you need to specify the file extension of the format you want to export as.
If you are a Windows user, this may sound weird to you because file extensions are hidden by default on Windows.
For example, in order to save an image as JPG (also known as JPEG), you need to type the extension .jpg or .jpeg. If you wanted to save the file with the filename photo, you need to type photo.jpg instead of just photo.
The same process works for other file types: type photo.png to save in the PNG format, photo.webp to save in the WebP format, and so on.
After you type a valid filename with extension, click on the "Export" button. This won't save the file yet, it will show you another dialog where you can configure exactly how you want to export the file. For JPG and WebP, which are lossy formats, you would choose the quality of the image, which would affect the file size.
Step 3: set the appropriate settings in the export dialog and click the Export button. If you aren't sure, you can simply leave the settings on their default values and just click the Export button without changing anything.
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