Export

The Export panel turns your edits into finished files. It lives in the left side panel by default; press E to open it. It always exports the photos that are selected, whether that is one photo in the editor or 500 in the library.

Quick start

Select the photos (in the library, Ctrl+A selects everything visible; filter by rating or flag first).
Press E.
Choose a format and quality.
Optional: set a size, naming template and destination.
Click Export Image (or Export N Images).

Your last-used settings are remembered for next time.

Export presets

At the top of the panel. Choose a saved setup from Select a preset..., or:

+ saves the current settings as a new preset.
Overwrite updates the selected preset with the current settings.
Delete removes it.

Useful presets to create: "Web 2048 JPEG" (JPEG 85, Long Edge 2048, Remove GPS Data on), "Client full size" (JPEG 95, no resize), "Print TIFF" (TIFF 16-bit, 300 DPI), "Instagram" (JPEG 90, Pad to Aspect Ratio 4:5, Long Edge 1350).

Formats

Format	Quality	Best for
JPEG	1 to 100	Sharing, web, clients. Works everywhere.
PNG	lossless	Graphics, screenshots, when you need lossless and can accept big files.
TIFF	lossless, 8-bit or 16-bit (default 16)	Printing, archiving, further editing in Photoshop or other apps. Uncompressed.
WebP	1 to 100	Websites. Smaller than JPEG at the same quality.
JPEG XL	1 to 100, 100 = lossless	Archiving with modern software. Excellent quality per byte.
AVIF	fixed	Very small web images. Quality is fixed (equivalent to about 80).
CUBE LUT		Turns your color and tone edit into a 3D LUT for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, Final Cut and others.

Quality defaults to 90. For the web, 80 to 85 is usually visually identical and much smaller. For a client delivery, 90 to 95.

The CUBE LUT export writes your look, not the photo. It is useful to match video footage to your photo edits. Only global color and tone adjustments can be part of a LUT; masks, crop, grain and other spatial effects are not included.

JPEG and PNG exports include an sRGB color profile, so colors look right in browsers and on phones.

Destination

Option	What it does
Custom folder (default)	Choose any folder.
Original image folder	Saves next to each original. Enter a Subfolder name, for example `export` or `web`, to keep them apart.
Immich	Uploads to your Immich server (only shown when Immich is set up). See Immich.

When you export a single photo to a custom folder, a normal save dialog opens so you can name the file.

File Naming

Shown when more than one photo is selected. The default template is {original_filename}_edited.

Token	Becomes	Example
`{original_filename}`	Name of the original without extension	`DSC04512`
`{original_filename_number}`	Only the number at the end of the name	`04512`
`{sequence}`	Position in the export, zero-padded to the number of photos	`001`, `002`, ... for 100 to 999 photos
`{YYYY}` `{MM}` `{DD}`	Capture date	`2026` `10` `25`
`{hh}` `{mm}`	Capture time	`14` `05`

Example: wedding_{YYYY}-{MM}-{DD}_{sequence} exports 120 photos as wedding_2026-10-25_001.jpg to wedding_2026-10-25_120.jpg.

If a file with the same name already exists, _1, _2 and so on are added, so a batch export never overwrites a file. Virtual copies of the same photo get _VC01, _VC02.

Image Sizing

All three options can be combined. They are applied in this order: border, padding, resize.

Add Border adds a frame around the photo.

Setting	What it does
Thickness Basis	Whether the percentages are measured from the Longest Edge, Shortest Edge, or Each Respective Edge.
Left & Right, Top & Bottom	Border width in percent (default 2).
Border Color	Default white.

Pad to Aspect Ratio places the photo on a canvas of a fixed shape, without cropping. Example: post a landscape photo to Instagram as 4:5 with white bars above and below. Set Aspect Ratio (for example 4 : 5) and Background Color.

Resize to Fit scales the result down.

Setting	What it does
Mode	Long Edge, Short Edge, Width or Height.
pixels	Target size, default 2048.
Don't Enlarge	On by default. Photos that are already smaller are not upscaled.

Common sizes: 2048 px long edge for web galleries, 1080 px wide for Instagram, 3840 px for 4K screens.

Metadata

Available for JPEG, PNG and WebP.

Setting	Default	What it does
Save with Metadata	On	Writes camera data (EXIF), your author and copyright fields, and your rating, color label and tags into the file.
Remove GPS Data	On	Removes the location. Turn it off only if you want to share where the photo was taken.

TIFF, JPEG XL and AVIF exports currently contain no metadata.

Watermark

Turn on Add Watermark and choose a Watermark Image (PNG, ideally with a transparent background).

Setting	Default	What it does
Position	Bottom Right	One of nine positions: corners, edge centers or center.
Scale	10	Width of the watermark as a percentage of the photo's shorter side.
Spacing	5	Distance from the edge.
Opacity	75	Transparency.

A live preview shows the result. Text watermarks are not supported; make a PNG of your text or logo instead.

Advanced

Click Export Settings to expand.

Setting	Default	What it does
Preserve Folder Structure	Off	Recreates the subfolders of your library in the destination. Useful when exporting a recursive view with several days or cameras.
Set File Timestamps from EXIF Capture Date	Off	Exported files get the capture date as file date, so they sort correctly in file managers and photo apps.
Export masks as separate files	Off	For compositing. For each mask, writes the image with that mask's adjustments (`_mask_1_image`) and a black and white mask file (`_mask_1_alpha.png`). The main export is then rendered without masks.
Resolution	300 DPI	The print resolution stored in JPEG, PNG and TIFF files. It does not change the pixel size.

Exporting

The button shows the progress ("Exporting... (12/40)"). Hover it to Cancel Export. You can keep editing while it runs. Exports also show in the Jobs list in the library header. Click a finished export there to open its folder.

How many photos are exported at once and how much memory is used can be set under Settings → Processing → Advanced Settings.