How to export photos: resize, convert and remove location

To export photos and resize them in firelet.media Gallery, select them in the grid and press Ctrl+E (or right-click → Export…). In the Export window choose a folder, a format (JPEG, PNG or the original files), a long-edge size, JPEG quality, and whether to keep your edits, remove the location, add a watermark or rename the copies. Then click Export. Your originals are never changed.

What Export does (writes copies)#

Export makes new files from your pictures and leaves the originals exactly as they were. The window says it at the top: "Copies are written to the folder you choose. The originals are only read, never changed."

Use it whenever you need a different version of a picture:

• smaller copies for email, a website or a messaging app
• JPEGs made from PNG, HEIC or other formats
• copies with your edits from the Adjust panel applied
• copies without GPS data, so nobody can see where they were taken
• a set of full-size originals on another drive

Steps: select and open Export…#

1. Select the pictures in the grid (click, then Ctrl-click or Shift-click to add more; Ctrl+A selects all).
2. Press Ctrl+E, or right-click one of them and choose Export….
3. Pick a Preset, or set the options below by hand.
4. Click Choose… beside Folder and pick where the copies go.
5. Click Export.

Export works from the grid only; it isn't available while the viewer is open, so close the viewer first. The folder defaults to Pictures\Exported and must be different from the folder the originals are in.

Resize and convert: format, long edge and JPEG quality#

Original files, unchanged ignores size, edits and watermark, because it doesn't re-save anything; it is handy for copying a selection to another drive. Videos are always copied unchanged, whatever the format.

Keep camera data or remove the location#

Two tick boxes control the information inside JPEG copies (they apply when the format is JPEG):

• Keep camera data, dates and keywords (JPEG from JPEG) carries over the details already stored inside a JPEG original, such as the camera, the date taken and keywords written by other software.
• Remove the location before sharing strips the GPS position, so the copy doesn't reveal where it was taken.

With my edits, watermark and file names#

• With my edits — crop, turn, light and colour applies everything you did in the Adjust panel. Leave it unticked for copies of the untouched originals. How to edit a photo without changing the original explains where edits live.
• Watermark: type the text (the hint suggests something like "© 2026 Ann Example"; leave it empty for none) and choose Bottom right, Bottom left, Top right, Top left or Centre.
• File names: leave it empty to keep each picture's own name, or build a pattern from {name}, {n:3}, {date:yyyy-MM-dd}, {camera}, {folder}, {title}, {stars} and {place}. For example, {date:yyyy-MM-dd} Rome {n:3} numbers the copies in order.

Save as preset#

Two presets come built in:

To keep your own mix of settings, set everything up and click Save as preset… ("Keep these settings under a name"). Your preset then appears in the Preset list; Delete ("Forget this preset") removes one of yours.

Print and other ways to share#

• Print: press Ctrl+P in the grid or viewer. Choose one, two or four pictures a page, or a Contact sheet — 20 pictures, whole or cropped to fill, with an optional caption, then Print… opens the Windows print dialog.
• Copy picture and Open with… are under right-click → Share and print, for pasting into another app.
• Send to phone sends copies to a paired Android phone once the free companion app is available (it's coming soon).

There is no built-in sharing service: no links, no uploads and no social posting. Export copies and share them however you like.