Exporting

Export… above the timeline copies photos to a folder, to share, print or edit them elsewhere. The library is not changed.

What to export

  • Picks (default): every photo flagged as a pick.

  • Photos in view: the photos the timeline shows with the current filters, or the results of a text search.

  • Selected: the photos selected in the timeline.

Photos are exported in capture order.

Files

  • Originals, unchanged: the photo’s files exactly as imported. With RAW files too, both files of a RAW+JPEG pair are copied; with XMP sidecars, the sidecars holding your ratings and flags come along, so other tools see them.

  • JPEG: one JPEG per photo, rendered from the JPEG or RAW file, upright, at full size or with its longest edge at most 4096, 2048 or 1024 pixels (never enlarged), at the chosen quality (default 90). The photo’s metadata (EXIF capture details, XMP, colour profile) is kept.

Names

File names follow a path template, like imports (Path Templates): Original names ({name}.{ext}), Date and number ({date}_{seq}.{ext}, numbered in export order), Folders by date ({year}/{date}/{name}.{ext}) or your own. Existing files are never overwritten: a name already taken gets “ (2)”, “ (3)” and so on, the same for every file of a photo.

Verification

Every exported file is checked:

  • Originals are hashed while copied and must match the hash recorded at import, so a file that changed or got damaged in the library is reported instead of exported; the written copy is then read back and hashed again.

  • JPEGs are decoded again after writing.

A photo that fails leaves no files behind and is listed after the export with the reason. The dialog shows progress and can cancel; the options are remembered for next time. The export folder must exist and lie outside the library.