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0001 .. meta:: 0002 :description: The digiKam JAlbum Export 0003 :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, jalbum, gallery, 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 .. _jalbum_export: 0012 0013 JAlbum Export 0014 ============= 0015 0016 The JAlbum Export tool allows to create metadata for a set on digiKam items to use in the Java-based `JAlbum HTML Gallery Generator <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAlbum>`_. The `Java virtual machine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_virtual_machine>`_ and the JAlbum program must be installed previously on your computer as run-time dependencies of this tool. 0017 0018 To run this tool, choose :menuselection:`Tools --> Create JAlbum Gallery` menu entry, or click on **Create JAlbum Gallery** icon from **Tools** tab in **Right Sidebar**. 0019 0020 .. figure:: images/jalbum_export_selection.webp 0021 :alt: 0022 :align: center 0023 0024 The Selection of Item to export to JAlbum Gallery Generator 0025 0026 This opens the JAlbum Export wizard that guides you through the entire process. This first page allows to use the items selection method: from **Images** currently selected in digiKam, or from **Albums** hosted in your collections. This page also verifies the availability of **JAlbum** and **Java** binary programs. 0027 0028 .. figure:: images/jalbum_export_page1.webp 0029 :alt: 0030 :align: center 0031 0032 The JAlbum Export Wizard Welcome Page 0033 0034 The second page of this wizard allows to review the list of images, or albums contents to export in the JAlbum HTML gallery generator. When selection is done, press the **Next** button. 0035 0036 .. figure:: images/jalbum_export_page2.webp 0037 :alt: 0038 :align: center 0039 0040 The JAlbum Export Wizard Items Selection Page 0041 0042 The third page will configure the JAlbum settings to export contents. Here you can configure the **Project Title** and the **Projects folder** where files must be generated. 0043 0044 .. figure:: images/jalbum_export_page3.webp 0045 :alt: 0046 :align: center 0047 0048 The JAlbum Export Wizard Settings Page 0049 0050 The fourth page will show all stages to generate files to export to JAlbum. When all is completed, the JAlbum 0051 0052 .. figure:: images/jalbum_export_page4.webp 0053 :alt: 0054 :align: center 0055 0056 The JAlbum Export Wizard Preparing Output Files 0057 0058 When all tasks are completed, the JAlbum Application is started with all files exported from digiKam. At this time, you can close the JAlbum Export tool and continue to work with JAlbum application. 0059 0060 .. figure:: images/jalbum_export_gallery.webp 0061 :alt: 0062 :align: center 0063 0064 The JAlbum Application Started with the Exported Files from digiKam