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Choose folder later: lets you specify the destination at er the export is initiated. As
noted in the tip in the Export window, this is particularly useful when creating Export
presets.

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Home folder: this refers to your User folder in your operating system.

Documents folder: within your User folder.

Pictures folder: within your User folder.

Desktop: the Desktop folder for your User account.

Same folder as original photo: this will create the newly exported i les within the same
folder as the original photo on your hard drive.

(If I'm keeping the exported i les, I almost always save them into the same folder
containing the originals. If I don't plan to keep the derivatives, I ot en save them to a
folder on my desktop that is routinely emptied.)

Recent folders menu
Click the small black triangle to the let of the Choose button to select a recently used
folder from the popup menu; see Figure 5-5.

Figure 5-5

Put in Subfolder
By entering a folder name in this i eld, you can create another folder inside the one
specii ed above. Tick the box to enable the option, then type the name for the subfolder
in the text i eld.

Add to This Catalog
Enabling this option will automatically import the newly exported i le(s) into the
current Lightroom catalog. I always do this for derivatives I intend to keep, and usually
don't for temporary ones.