Exporting Image Collections

F-Spot offers a range of export functions for your photo collections: Section 18.6.1, “Generating a Website Gallery”, Section 18.6.2, “Exporting Photos to CD”, Section 18.6.3, “Exporting Photos to a Folder”, and Section 18.6.4, “Posting to a SmugMug, Flickr, 23hq, Zooomr, or Picasa Web Albums Account”.

Generating a Website Gallery

If you use the PHP software known as Gallery, you can post your photos to your existing album. Ensure that the Remote module in your Gallery installation is enabled (Site Admin+Plugins (Get More Plugins)+Remote).

PennAve is another dynamic photo gallery application. It is designed to be used in conjunction with F-Spot to organize and manage your photos.

  1. Select the photos you want to export.

  2. Click Photo+Export to+Web Gallery.

    Export to Web Gallery dialog box
  3. Select the gallery you want to export your images to, or click Add to add a new gallery.

    F-Spot establishes a connection to the Web location entered for your web gallery.

  4. Select the album you want to export the images to, then specify whether to resize and rotate the images automatically and export titles and comments.

  5. Click Export.

Exporting Photos to CD

  1. Select the photos you want to burn to CD.

  2. Click Photo+Export to+CD, then click Export.

    F-Spot copies the files and opens the Write to Disc dialog—in case of trouble it just tries to write an ISO file via the Location for Image File dialog. Click Burn to confirm the operation.

    Write to Disc dialog box
  3. Assign a name to your image disk, then select the writing speed.

  4. Click Write to start the CD writing process.

Exporting Photos to a Folder

  1. Select the photos you want to export.

  2. Click Photo+Export to+Folder.

    Folder Export dialog box
  3. Choose from the following export methods:

    Create standalone web gallery:  Export your photos to an interactive Website, ready for you to upload.

    Save the files only:  Export your photos as files within directories, without putting them into a gallery.

    Create gallery using Original Export your photos ready for use with Jakub Steiner's Original Photo Gallery software.

  4. Click Export.

Posting to a SmugMug, Flickr, 23hq, Zooomr, or Picasa Web Albums Account

If you use SmugMug, Flickr, 23hq, Zooomr, or Picasa Web Albums, you can post your files directly from F-Spot to your account.

  1. Select the photos you want to export.

  2. Click Photo+Export to+SmugMug, Flickr, 23hq, Zooomr, or Picasaweb.

  3. Select or unselect the options you want in the Export dialog box.

    The options displayed on the Export dialog box depend on the type of account you are exporting to. For example, Flickr and 23hq exports require authorization in order to upload photos. To do this, click Authorize to open a Web browser, then log in to your account.

  4. Click Export.