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0001 .. meta:: 0002 :description: digiKam Export to Local Computer 0003 :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, local, computer, export 0004 0005 .. metadata-placeholder 0006 0007 :authors: - digiKam Team 0008 0009 :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html) 0010 0011 .. _local_export: 0012 0013 Export To Local Computer 0014 ========================= 0015 0016 .. contents:: 0017 0018 This tool allows to copy files from your collections to another place on your computer. File properties can be changed if desired. It available from the :menuselection:`Export --> Export to local storage` :kbd:`Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L` menu entry or the corresponding icon from the **Tools** tab in Right Sidebar. 0019 0020 .. figure:: images/export_local_dialog.webp 0021 :alt: 0022 :align: center 0023 0024 The Export to Local Computer Dialog 0025 0026 The **Target location** text field allows to set the target path where file will be copied. The **Browse** button will show a file selection dialog to navigate on your computer folder hierarchy and help to select the right directory. 0027 0028 The **Target file behavior** options allow to choose the action to perform with files: 0029 0030 - **Copy files** will duplicates data at the target place. 0031 - **Create symlinks** will link original data at the target place to prevent data duplication using absolute `symbolic links <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link>`_. 0032 - **Create relative symlinks** will link original data at the target place to prevent data duplication using relative symbolic links. 0033 - **Include the sidecars of the items** will copy sidecar files if any. 0034 - **Overwrite existing items in the target** will overwrite target files if they are already present. 0035 - **Use the album path of the items in the target** will rename target files using original album path as template name. 0036 0037 Below is shown the list of files taken from the collections and to process. By default, the tool proposes to export the currently selected items from the icon-view. The **+** Photos button can be used to append more items on the list. 0038 0039 The **Adjust image properties** check-box allows to enable a set of options to convert files to another **Image format** (JPEG, or PNG). The photos will be resized before copying to the target. The values will be read from the **Image quality** and **Image length** settings, which can be used to adjust the maximum height and the compression. The width calculation will be done so as to have the aspect ratio conserved. 0040 0041 Finally, with the **Remove all metadata** you can drop Exif, Iptc, and Xmp chunk from the images.