Prepare files for delivery

What you will do

Export selected photographs as full-size JPEGs or resize them for a client or publishing service. You will keep the delivery separate from your source photographs and know when the files are ready to send.

Before you start

Import the photographs you want to deliver. See Import photos if they are not yet in the project.

This chapter covers JPEG delivery in Local mode. Before selecting Local, make sure every retouching plugin you want to apply is installed, activated, and selectable on this computer. If a plugin is not ready, activate an existing plugin and then choose its settings for your photographs.

The direct full-size route below supports Heal together with RGB Curves. Keep the tools and color corrections you want in the delivered files; turn a tool off only when you do not want it applied. A plugin that says it cannot create ordinary preview layers may need the separate pre-export workflow before final export. Do not assume that every local plugin uses the same route. If metadata or color-profile preservation matters to your delivery, check those requirements separately before sending the files.

Create a separate subfolder for each set of exported files. A clear destination keeps full-size and resized copies apart and protects the originals from accidental replacement. Do not experiment with filename conflicts in a folder that contains a client’s only copy.

Steps

Prepare the selected photographs

1. Select the photographs you want to deliver. To select every photograph in the current view, click one and press Ctrl+A.
2. Check that the selected counter matches the photographs you intend to export.
3. Open the export panel using the upward-arrow icon at the far right.
4. Select Local.
5. Review the selected retouching tools. Keep the tools you want to apply. To export without further retouching, open All and clear the checked tools.
6. Open Export settings.

Choose the destination and filename rule

1. Under Export to, choose Hard drive — To computer.
2. Under Photos to Export, choose the selected photographs and confirm the count.
3. Choose Original Files Folder in the folder selector.
4. Turn on Put in Subfolder and enter a clear, unused name such as the client name and delivery size. The generated names in the screenshots are only examples.
5. Under Naming and Overwriting, choose Add to the Name: -retouched.
6. Select JPEG under Format.
7. Leave Shut down computer after export unchecked if it is shown.

The -retouched suffix comes from the naming rule, even when the retouching tools are off. Use this rule only when that description is appropriate for the files you are delivering.

Choose one of the next two sizing routes. Export a second set only if the recipient needs both full-size and resized files.

Export full-size JPEG copies

Use this route when the recipient needs the photographs at their full pixel dimensions.

1. Leave Add to Current Project unchecked unless you also want these exported copies in the project.
2. Turn Resize to fit off.
3. Review the selected count, destination, subfolder, naming rule, and JPEG format.

For full-size JPEG copies, leave Resize to fit off. This example uses a separate subfolder and Add to the Name: -retouched. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

4. Click Export.
5. Open Export and Render History and wait until the export shows COMPLETED.

Export resized copies and add them to the project

This route is optional. Use it instead of, or in addition to, the full-size route when the recipient specifies a pixel limit. Adding the copies to the current project is also optional; enable it only if you want to compare or organize the exported files in Arams.

1. With the original photographs selected, open Export settings.
2. Enter a new subfolder name. If you also created full-size copies, use a different subfolder to keep the two sets separate.
3. Turn on Add to Current Project if you want the exported copies in the project for comparison or organization.
4. Turn on Resize to fit.
5. For a 1200-pixel delivery, choose Long edge, enter 1200, and turn on Don’t enlarge. Use the long-edge size required by your client or publishing service; Don’t enlarge prevents a smaller photograph from being scaled up to that value.
6. Keep JPEG selected and review the other settings.

This optional resized delivery uses a 1200-pixel long edge with Don't enlarge; Add to Current Project is also enabled for the example. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

7. Click Export, open Export and Render History, and wait until the export shows COMPLETED.
8. If you selected Add to Current Project, open All Folders in the left sidebar to find the exported copies beside the originals.

When Add to Current Project is enabled, the resized copies appear with the source photographs under All Folders. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

Previous Import continues to show the photographs from the last import, not copies added during export. Use All Folders to check exported copies that you added to the project.

Handle a generated filename conflict

You do not need to create a filename conflict to complete a delivery. The steps below apply only when you export again to a destination that contains an earlier Arams-generated copy created with Add to the Name: -retouched. For any other naming or overwrite choice, use a separate folder instead.

1. Select the original photograph and open Export settings.
2. Choose the same destination, select Add to the Name: -retouched under Naming and Overwriting, and review the resizing and format settings.
3. Click Export and wait for completion.
4. If Add to Current Project is on, open All Folders and find the newly exported copy.

For the shown naming rule, the repeated export preserved the existing copy and added a numbered file. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

Arams preserves the earlier file and adds 1 to the new filename. For example, a second export of portrait-retouched.jpg becomes portrait-retouched1.jpg.

Check the result

Before sending the delivery:

1. Open the delivery subfolder and confirm that it contains the photographs you selected with the expected names. For a resized delivery, check that the files meet the required long-edge limit.
2. Open representative JPEGs and check their appearance before sending them. If Add to Current Project was on, you can also find the copies under All Folders. Your source photographs remain in their original folder with their original names.

If it does not work

• The saved dimensions are unexpected: check whether Resize to fit is on. For this example, choose Long edge, enter 1200, and check Don’t enlarge.
• A retouching tool is missing or unavailable: return to Settings → Plugins and check that the plugin is installed and shows Activated. Follow Activate an existing plugin for the available setup and recovery states; do not turn off a wanted tool just to make the export proceed.
• The exported copies do not appear in the project: open All Folders and confirm that Add to Current Project was selected before export. Copies are not added retroactively when the option was off.
• You cannot find the destination: check Original Files Folder, Put in Subfolder, and the exact subfolder name. Do not assume that the project storage folder is the export destination.
• The filename does not match: review Naming and Overwriting before exporting. This procedure uses Add to the Name: -retouched.
• An existing file matters: stop and choose a separate destination. Do not test conflict behavior with a client’s only file.
• An exported JPEG does not open: do not send that delivery. Leave the originals unchanged while you investigate or export a new set to a separate folder.

Related topics

• Export photographs and verify saved files
• Import photos
• Select and deselect photographs
• Choose retouching tools and settings