Complete your first photo workflow
What you will do
Section titled “What you will do”Start with a folder of JPEG photographs and finish with the photographs you choose exported as unretouched, full-resolution JPEG copies. The copies keep their original filenames in a new subfolder, and the originals stay in their original folder.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”Sign in to Arams and place the JPEG photographs you want to work with in a folder you can find easily. Keep the originals: this workflow saves exported copies in a new subfolder without changing the source files.
Create a project and import your JPEGs
Section titled “Create a project and import your JPEGs”- On the home screen, click Create a project.
- Enter a descriptive name in Name. Leave the default location selected unless you have a reason to store the project elsewhere, then click Create.
- When the empty project opens, select your JPEGs in Windows File Explorer and drag them into the central photo area.
- Wait for the photographs and their filenames to appear in the grid before continuing.
For more detail and troubleshooting, see Create a project and Import photos.
Inspect and select the photographs
Section titled “Inspect and select the photographs”Optional: inspect a photograph
Section titled “Optional: inspect a photograph”Use the large viewer only when a thumbnail is not large enough to judge details such as focus or expression. Otherwise, skip this procedure and select the photographs to export.
- To inspect a photograph, double-click it and use the scale indicator to judge how closely you are viewing the image. When you finish, click the four-square Gallery icon in the top toolbar to return to the grid.
Select the photographs to export
Section titled “Select the photographs to export”- To export every photograph in the current grid view, click any card and press Ctrl+A. To export only some photographs, select those cards instead.
- Check the blue outlines and the selected count to make sure you have chosen the intended photographs.
The export count can be lower than the selected count because rejected photographs are not counted or exported.
See Inspect a photograph and zoom in and Select and deselect photographs for the complete inspection and selection procedures.
Export the selected photographs
Section titled “Export the selected photographs”This first route makes straightforward copies without retouching. It uses a new, unused subfolder so that keeping the original filenames cannot overwrite an existing file.
- Open the export panel with the upward-arrow icon at the far right, then select Local.
- Open All and clear every retouching tool. Then open Export settings.
- Choose Hard drive — To computer and confirm that Selected matches the number of photographs you want to export.
- Choose Original Files Folder, turn on Put in Subfolder, and enter the name of a new subfolder that does not already exist. This keeps the copies apart from your originals and from earlier exports.
- Under Naming and Overwriting, choose Keep Original Name and Overwrite if Matching. Because the subfolder is new and unused, there are no matching files to overwrite.
- Leave Add to Current Project unchecked to keep the copies out of this project.
- Turn Resize to fit off to retain the original pixel dimensions, then select JPEG. If a shutdown option is shown, leave it unchecked unless you want the computer to shut down after export.
- Click Export.
- Open EXPORT AND RENDER HISTORY with the history/clock icon and wait for the task to show Completed and 100%.
- In Windows File Explorer, open the new subfolder beside the originals.
See Export photographs and verify saved files for the detailed export procedure and format limitations.
Check the result
Section titled “Check the result”You are finished when EXPORT AND RENDER HISTORY shows Completed and 100%, and the new subfolder contains a JPEG with the original filename for each selected, non-rejected photograph. With Resize to fit off, each copy retains the pixel dimensions of its original. The original JPEGs remain unchanged in their original folder.
Before delivery, open a representative JPEG and check that its appearance, filename, and dimensions match what you intended. If the set uses materially different retouching or crops, spot-check those variations too.
If you need another format or must preserve metadata or a particular color profile, review the related export guide before exporting.
Optional: retouch before export
Section titled “Optional: retouch before export”Use this path after you are comfortable with the copy workflow. Process a photograph locally to choose a local tool, set its strength, and optionally preview the result; that guide links to setup if the tool is not yet installed and activated. When you export, keep every tool you want to apply enabled and use Add to the Name: -retouched only when that suffix accurately describes the files.
For several photographs that need the same treatment, follow Retouch a consistent photo series instead of configuring each photograph separately.
If it does not work
Section titled “If it does not work”- A photograph is missing from the grid: wait for its thumbnail and filename before selecting or exporting. If it still does not appear, follow Import photos.
- The selected count is wrong: return to the grid and adjust the selection. Press Ctrl+A if you want every photograph in the current grid view. Rejected photographs are excluded from export even when selected.
- An unwanted effect appears: return to All, clear every retouching tool, and export again to a different new subfolder.
- Arams warns that a file will be overwritten: cancel the export and enter a different, unused subfolder name before continuing.
- The saved files are missing: check the source folder and the name entered under Put in Subfolder. This workflow saves beside the originals, not in the project storage folder.
- The task does not reach Completed or a file will not open: do not use the copies yet. Note the task status or error, then follow the troubleshooting steps in Export photographs and verify saved files.