# Saving JPG file without External Components

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-jpg-file-without-external-components/173337>\
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**Created:** [December 23, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-jpg-file-without-external-components/173337 "2005-12-23T17:13:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![9604\_9604\_9604](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/9f8e36/32.png) [@9604\_9604\_9604](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/9604_9604_9604)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/saving-jpg-file-without-external-components/173337/1 "2005-12-23T17:13:40Z")

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i make this thread but in the actionscript section is where the people i need to see the program is.

[http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203351](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203351)

It takes an image from the webcam and save that image to a file with the .nim extension (i invent that, from “new image”)

someone knows a better way of doing this? the file sizze when converted to .nim is 40 Kb +/-