private void writeToFile(File selectedFile, ImageWriterSpiFileFilter ff) {
   try {
     ImageOutputStream ios = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(selectedFile);
     ImageWriter iw = ff.getImageWriterSpi().createWriterInstance();
     iw.setOutput(ios);
     ImageWriteParam iwp = iw.getDefaultWriteParam();
     if (iwp.canWriteCompressed()) {
       iwp.setCompressionMode(ImageWriteParam.MODE_EXPLICIT);
       // set maximum image quality
       iwp.setCompressionQuality(1.f);
     }
     Image image = viewerPanel.getImage();
     BufferedImage bufferedImage;
     if (viewerPanel.getImage() instanceof BufferedImage)
       bufferedImage = (BufferedImage) viewerPanel.getImage();
     else {
       bufferedImage =
           new BufferedImage(
               image.getWidth(null), image.getHeight(null), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
       bufferedImage.createGraphics().drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
     }
     iw.write(null, new IIOImage(bufferedImage, null, null), iwp);
     iw.dispose();
     ios.close();
   } catch (IOException ioe) {
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
         viewerPanel,
         messagesBundle.getString(
             "ImageViewerPanelSaveAction." + "Error_during_image_saving_message_7"),
         //$NON-NLS-1$
         messagesBundle.getString("ImageViewerPanelSaveAction." + "Error_dialog_title_8"),
         //$NON-NLS-1$
         JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
     ioe.printStackTrace();
   }
 }