# Save vtk file in old format

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/save-vtk-file-in-old-format/3987
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** file-formats
**Created:** [August 16, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/save-vtk-file-in-old-format/3987 "2020-08-16T06:22:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Yakov](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/yakov/32/2190_2.png) [@Yakov](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Yakov)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/save-vtk-file-in-old-format/3987/1 "2020-08-16T06:22:47Z")

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If there is a way to save a file in old vtk 3.0 format(except using an old vtk version)?

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### Author: ![flaviu2](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/74df32/32.png) [@flaviu2](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/flaviu2)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/save-vtk-file-in-old-format/3987/2 "2020-08-16T19:24:20Z")

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If saving method has no serializing versioning, I guess there is no way to save it in old version. Have you consider to save your file as another format, like png, bmp, whatever, and then import as you need in old version of app ? I know, it is a long way to do that, but it is a workaround.