Exporting Image Collections

To save your image collection to CD or DVD, proceed as follows:

1. Select Album+Export+Archive to CD/DVD.

2. Make your adjustments in the Create CD/DVD Archive dialog using its various submenus. After that, click OK to initiate the burning process.

   1. With Selection, determine which part of your collection should be archived by selecting albums and tags.

   2. In HTML Interface, decide whether your image collection should be accessible through an HTML interface and whether automatic run functionality should be added to your CD or DVD archive. Set a selection title and image, font, and background properties.

   3. Change the settings for the volume description in Media Volume Descriptor, if necessary.

   4. Adjust the burning options to your needs in Media Burning, if necessary.

To create an HTML export of your image collection, proceed as follows:

1. Select Album+Export+HTML Export.

2. Adjust the settings in Create Image Galleries to your needs, using the various submenus. When you are done, click OK to initiate the gallery creation.

   1. Determine which part of your collection should be archived by selecting albums and tags in Selection.

   2. Use Look to set the title and appearance of your HTML gallery.

   3. Determine the location of the gallery on disk as well as image size, compression, format, and the amount of metadata displayed in the resulting gallery with Album.

   4. Specify size, compression and file type for the thumbnails used for gallery navigation in Thumbnails.

To export your collection to an external image gallery on the Internet, proceed as follows:

1. Get an account for an external Web site to host your gallery.

2. Select Album+Export+Export to Remote Gallery and provide URL, username, and password for the external site when asked for them. digiKam establishes a connection to the site specified and opens a new window called Gallery Export.

3. Determine the location of your new album in the gallery.

4. Click New Album and provide the information requested by digiKam.

5. Upload the images to the new album with Add Photos.