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Manifest V3 Ready

Save Any Image.
In Your Format.

Bypass difficult modern image formats like WebP or AVIF. Right-click any image, canvas, or background style and download it instantly as clean PNG, JPG, WebP, or a zero-margin PDF.

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Drag & drop any image here

or click to browse local files

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Powerful Image Processing, Kept Local.

Save Image As Type runs entirely inside your browser sandbox to perform conversions instantly.

Context Menu Integration

Right-click any image, Canvas tag, inline SVG, or CSS background element to show customized save options instantly.

Drag & Drop Sandbox

Drag local files directly into the extension popup dashboard for fast batch format conversions without installing local utilities.

Transparency Management

Flatten transparency elements with a solid background fill color (e.g. pure white) when outputting to JPG, preventing dark borders.

Advanced Image Resizing

Configure custom resizing margins using premium bicubic downscaling for large, resource-heavy assets before saving.

Custom Filename Naming

Structure automated filename output template tokens including {domain}, {width}, {height}, {date}, and {time}.

100% Privacy & Local

No telemetry tracking, analytics reporting, or cloud APIs. Your images are parsed only inside your sandbox browser stack.

How to Install the Extension

Get up and running with Save Image As Type in seconds. Follow these simple steps to install the extension directly from the Chrome Web Store:

1

Visit the Chrome Web Store

Click any of the Add to Chrome buttons on this page or search for "Save Image As Type" directly in the Chrome Web Store catalog.

2

Add to Your Browser

Click on the blue Add to Chrome button in the upper-right corner of the official extension listing page.

3

Confirm Installation

Review the list of lightweight local permissions in the dialog, then click Add extension to complete the installation setup.

4

Pin for Easy Access

Click the puzzle piece icon (Extensions) in your browser toolbar, find Save Image As Type, and select the pin icon for one-click access.

Demo Image
Open image in new tab
Copy image
Save Image As Type
Save as PNG...
Save as JPG...
Save as WebP...
Save as PDF...

Configurable Keyboard Shortcuts

Save images instantly as your pointer hovers over them using these native customizable keyboard hotkeys:

Alt + Shift + P

Save hovered as PNG

Alt + Shift + J

Save hovered as JPG

Alt + Shift + W

Save hovered as WebP

Alt + Shift + D

Save hovered as PDF

Frequently Asked Questions

Why should I convert WebP or AVIF images?
Many websites serve images in modern formats like WebP or AVIF to save bandwidth. However, many desktop editors, legacy operating systems, and media viewers cannot natively open or process these files. Converting them directly during the download step saves time and utility overhead.
Are my images processed on any remote server?
Absolutely not. The extension is built on zero telemetry parameters. All rendering, canvas manipulation, cropping, downscaling, and compression pipeline steps execute locally inside your sandboxed browser context.
Why does the extension require the "offscreen" permission?
Manifest V3 extensions utilize service workers in the background, which lack access to visual DOM element components like standard canvas tags. To compress or compile image data, we use the browser's offscreen API to spin up a silent local sandbox that has full canvas support.
Can I bypass CORS restrictions using this tool?
Yes. If a remote website rejects CORS image download requests, the extension automatically routes the request through a lightweight content-script fallback to fetch the target resource securely on the page's own origin permissions.

About the Creator & Extension

Save Image As Type was created to solve a common developer, designer, and general user frustration: downloading an image from the web only to realize it's saved in an incompatible format.

This extension was handcrafted with ❤️, endless cups of mint tea, and pure determination by Jalal Achkoune, a Computer Engineer based in sunny Morocco. Jalal got tired of downloading WebP images that refused to open in standard design software, throwing the infamous error: "Could not complete your request because it is not the right kind of document."

Instead of throwing his laptop out the window, Jalal took the developer's path: spent hours coding a tool to fix a problem that takes 3 seconds to bypass manually. You're welcome!

Core Philosophy