Open the **Export** panel from the left toolbar.

The Export panel — pick a format and whether to export everything or just the selection.

## What you can export

- **CSV / JSON metadata** — the metadata rows as a spreadsheet or JSON. Respects the current column set.
- **Image archive (ZIP)** — the source images, bundled.
- **PDF** — a printable contact-sheet style report of the images and key metadata.
- **W3C annotations** — any annotations as standard [W3C Web Annotations](https://www.w3.org/TR/annotation-model/), ready to import elsewhere (see [Annotations](/content/docs/annotations/index.html)).

## Whole collection vs. selection

Export acts on either the **entire collection** or just your **current selection**. To export a subset:

1. Narrow with filters or search — see [Filtering & search](/content/docs/filtering-and-search/index.html) — and/or
2. Select images directly (click, Ctrl/Cmd-click, Shift-click) and review them in the **Selection** panel.

The Selection panel — the set that feeds Export when you choose 'selection only'.

Then choose the “selection only” option in the Export panel. With nothing selected, export covers the whole (optionally filtered) collection.

## Tips

- A filtered view exports the filtered rows — filtering first is the easy way to scope a large export.
- CSV/JSON round-trip with the **Upload Metadata** flow, so you can export, edit offline, and re-upload — see [Data tab](/content/docs/data-tab/index.html).