Export

Export saves a copy of your edited photo as a new file. Your original is never changed.

Export one photo or several

• Click Export in the header, choose Export... from the main menu, or press Ctrl+Shift+E.
• To export several photos at once, select them in the filmstrip first (Ctrl+A selects all). The sheet then says Export 5 photos, for example. Each photo is saved with its own edits; the size, name and other choices apply to all of them.

While PixelFx saves, a small message shows which photo it is on, such as "Exporting 2 of 5", and then tells you when it is done or why a photo was not saved.

PixelFx remembers your choices for next time.

Format

The Format row lists the formats your PixelFx can write. The common ones are side by side: JPEG, PNG, WebP and TIFF (and AVIF when your PixelFx can write it). Rarer formats, such as JPEG XL and HEIC, are under More, when your PixelFx can write them.

• JPEG is the safe choice for sharing and printing.
• PNG and TIFF keep every detail, with larger files.
• WebP and JPEG XL give smaller files at the same quality, but not every app opens them.

Quality and 16 bits

• Quality is a slider from Smaller file to Better image. It applies to JPEG, WebP and the other lossy formats; PNG and TIFF are always saved without loss, so the slider is off for them.
• 16 bits per channel, for later edits appears for PNG and TIFF. It makes a larger file with more room for heavy edits in another app. Leave it off for sharing.

Size

The Size list says where the photo is going, and shows the pixels each choice gives:

• Keep: Original, the photo at its full size.
• Social: Instagram portrait (1080 x 1350), Instagram square (1080 x 1080), Instagram and Facebook story (1080 x 1920), Facebook post (2048 long edge), X post (1600 x 900).
• Screen: Web (2048 long edge), Email (1600 long edge), 4K wallpaper (3840 x 2160).
• Print at 300 dpi: 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 in), 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in), 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in). Print sizes turn with your photo, portrait or landscape, and the file is marked as 300 dpi.
• Custom size...: type a Width, a Height, or both. With both you get an exact frame; with one side, the other follows the photo's shape. Resolution sets the dpi written into the file, for prints. Tick Keep it under Mine as and give it a name, such as "Shop listing", to keep the size in a Mine group for next time.

A long-edge size never makes a smaller photo larger.

When the shapes differ

If the size has a different shape from your photo, a framing card appears, for example "Instagram portrait is 4:5, this photo is 3:2". Choose:

• Crop to fill: keeps the part inside the frame, cropped to the new shape. Drag the frame to choose what stays.
• Fit inside: keeps the whole photo and adds a border, black for a dark photo and white for a light one.

Sharpen for

Resizing softens a photo a little. Sharpen for adds a touch of crispness once the photo has its final size:

• None: no extra sharpening.
• Screen: a little crisper on screens.
• Print: crisper on paper, where ink softens detail.

Color space

• sRGB (recommended for sharing): looks right everywhere. Use it for the web, phones and most printing services.
• Display P3 and Adobe RGB: keep more saturated colours, for screens and printers that can show them.
• Same as original: keeps the colour space your photo came with.

The colour profile is embedded in the file, so other apps show the colours correctly.

Metadata

• Keep camera details and copyright is on by default. It keeps the photo's details, such as the camera, lens, exposure settings, date and copyright, in the new file. Turn it off to strip them all.
• Keep location is off by default, so the place where you took the photo (its GPS position) is removed. Turn it on only if you want to share it.

Watermark

The Watermark row lays your name or logo on the saved photo. Pick a saved watermark from the list, choose New watermark... to make one, or Edit... to change the one you picked. Choose None for no watermark.

In the watermark sheet:

• Choose Text or Logo. Text can hold the tokens {year}, {camera} and {date}. For a logo, Choose logo... takes a PNG, SVG or WebP; one with a transparent background works best.
• Pick the Font and the colour: Auto (light or dark, whichever reads on the area under the mark), White, Black, or a colour of your own.
• Set the Size, Opacity and Margin. Size and margin follow the photo's long edge, so the mark looks the same on every photo, whatever its size.
• Choose one of nine places under Position, or drag the mark on the preview to place it freely.
• Repeat across the photo tiles the mark, at the Angle you choose. Soft shadow helps it stand out.
• Preview on shows the mark on This photo, a Portrait or a Square photo.
• Save as... keeps it under a name to use again, here and in Batch. Click Use watermark when you are done.

The watermark only goes on exported files; the editor never shows it.

Where it is saved

• Save to: by default Next to the photo. Click Change... to pick another folder.
• File name: the new name, with the extension shown after it. The default is {name}-edit, so IMG_0412.jpg becomes IMG_0412-edit.jpg. You can use tokens such as {name} (the photo's name), {date} (today), {taken} (the day it was taken), {camera}, and {w} and {h} (the saved size). Batch lists every token with examples.
• If it exists: what happens when a file with that name is already there. Add a number saves IMG_0412-edit (2).jpg, Overwrite replaces it, and Skip leaves it alone. If the name would save over your original photo, a warning says so.

Estimated file size

At the foot of the sheet, PixelFx estimates how big the file will be, for example "About 2.4 MB." It updates as you change the format, quality, size and other choices. With several photos, the estimate is for the photo you are looking at.

Copy to clipboard

With one photo, Copy to clipboard copies the photo at the chosen size, with the watermark, instead of saving a file. Paste it straight into a chat or a document.

To export many photos with a look, a preset or new names, see Batch.