Select the photos, then choose File > Export…. Pick a format, a size and a folder, then click OK. Your originals are not changed.
Steps
- Select one or more photos in the grid.
- Choose File > Export…. The Export window shows how many photos it will export.
- Set Format: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, WebP, AVIF, JPEG XL, DNG or Original files. DNG writes raw photos as DNG with the edits embedded. Original files copies the files unchanged, each with an XMP sidecar that holds its edits.
- For JPEG, AVIF or lossy JPEG XL, set Quality. For JPEG XL, tick Lossless to keep every pixel exactly, at the cost of larger files. Effort trades time for file size, and Progressive makes the file show a coarse version first while it loads.
- Under the size options, tick Full size, or clear it and choose Resize to one of Long Edge, Short Edge, Width, Height, Width × Height, Megapixels or Percentage, then enter the value.
- Set Color space (sRGB, P3, wide-gamut RGB, ProPhoto or Rec.2020) if you need something other than the default. Lossy JPEG XL writes wide-gamut RGB and ProPhoto as Rec.2020. Tick Lossless to keep them.
- Optional: set Sharpen for Screen, Matte or Glossy output, set Metadata to All, No camera, Copyright or None, and tick Remove location info or Watermark.
- Next to Folder, click Choose… and pick where the files go. Subfolder adds a folder inside it.
- Set File name to a template such as
{name}-{seq}. Click Tags to see the tags you can insert. - Set If file exists to Add number, Overwrite or Skip.
- On macOS, tick Add to Apple Photos to add the exported files to Photos as well. Type an Album name to put them in that album. The first time, macOS asks whether Imago may control Photos.
- Click OK. The export shows its progress in the activity stack at the top left.
If you did not choose a folder, the window stays open and shows an error, so your choices are not lost.
Reuse your settings
- To keep a set of choices, type a name next to Save preset and click Save. Pick it again later with Preset at the top of the window.
- File > Export with Previous repeats your last export. It tells you to use Export… first if you have not exported yet.
Contact sheet
To make a PDF of thumbnails, select photos and choose File > Contact Sheet PDF….