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Manage your projects

What you will do

Section titled “What you will do”

When you return to an existing shoot, use the Arams home screen to identify the right project and open it. You can also give the project a more useful name or locate its storage folder without changing the original photos.

Before you start

Section titled “Before you start”

Sign in to Arams and have a project containing imported photos. You need Windows File Explorer and a project whose Location is Default only if you want to locate the project storage folder.

Open and identify a project

Section titled “Open and identify a project”
  1. If a project is open, click the left-pointing arrow beside its name to return to the home screen.
  2. Find the project card by its name and photo count. A card can show No cover, so do not rely on its preview alone.
Arams home screen showing a project card with No cover and its photo count.
Identify a project by its name and photo count; the card can show No cover. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English
  1. Double-click the card, away from the trash icon in its lower-right corner.
  2. When the project name and photo grid appear, you can continue working with that project.

Rename the project

Section titled “Rename the project”

Rename a project when its current name does not clearly identify the shoot. If the name is already useful, skip this section.

When Location is Default, Arams also renames the project storage folder. It does not rename or modify the original photos in their source folder.

  1. Return to the home screen.
  2. Right-click the project card and select Rename.
  3. In Rename project, enter a distinctive name that will help you recognize the shoot later.
  4. Select Accept.
Rename project dialog with a new project name and the Accept button.
Enter the new project name, then select Accept. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

The project card now shows the new name.

Locate the project storage folder

Section titled “Locate the project storage folder”

This is optional. Use it when you need to find the files Arams manages for a project, for example before backing up the project. It is not a way to find the original photos you imported.

  1. On the home screen, right-click the project card.
  2. Select Open in explorer.
  3. Windows File Explorer opens the project storage folder. When Location is Default, it is below Pictures\Retouch4me Arams\Projects.
Project context menu showing Rename, Open in explorer, and Delete project.
Use Open in explorer to locate the project storage folder. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

The folder contains Arams’s hidden .retouch4me data and its catalog. Do not move, rename, or delete files inside .retouch4me.

Open the project again later

Section titled “Open the project again later”

This section is optional; use it the next time you return to the shoot. If you renamed the project, its card remains available under the new name on the home screen.

Arams home screen showing a renamed project card with a cover portrait and photo count.
A renamed project remains available on the home screen; use its name and photo count to identify it. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

Double-click the card to continue working. You are in the intended project when its name and photo grid appear.

If it does not work

Section titled “If it does not work”

If you cannot find the project card, make sure you are on the home screen and compare project names and photo counts before opening another card.

If the old name remains after you select Accept, reopen Rename project, check the new name, and try again.

If the opened project does not contain the photos you expect, return to the home screen and compare the project names and photo counts. Do not import the photos again merely to make the displayed count match, and do not alter the files inside .retouch4me.

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