A destination folder is the folder Picture Ace saves images to. For example, C:\My Pictures or C:\Photos.

Fairly often you need to save images to different folders. Specifying the folder every time you save an image is very tedious work. With Picture Ace you can easily switch between multiple destination folders.

First, we need to define destination folders. Use the Options -> Destination Folder command to open the Destination Folder dialog. This dialog allows you to create, edit and delete destination folders.

Note that you can also configure Picture Ace to create various subfolders during the task execution automatically. The subfolders are created under the selected destination folder.

When Picture Ace is installed for the first time, three sample destination folders are created: Cars, Sky and Scenery. Let's add one more destination folder. Click the Add button. Then enter Animals in the Alias field and C:\Photos\Animals (or any other folder) in the Folder field. Click OK. Note that there is no need to create the folder in Windows Explorer, Picture Ace creates it for you automatically.

Now we have four destination folders. Note that the selected item in the list is the current destination folder. Let's try saving images to different destination folders. Click OK to apply the new destination folders options and close the dialog.

First, make sure the current destination folder is Animals. In the tray icon menu and in the IE button menu the current destination folder is checked.

    

Now save the picture below using the Ctrl + Click combination or the IE context menu (the Save Image command).

Open the current destination folder (Animals) and make sure the picture has been saved successfully. There are four ways to do it: the File -> Open Destination Folder command, the program toolbar, the tray icon menu and the IE button menu.

     

     

The picture is there.

Below there is a picture of beautiful scenery and we want to save it to the appropriate folder. Let's switch the current destination folder to Scenery. There are three ways to do it: open the Destination Folder dialog and select the corresponding item in the destination folder list, use the tray icon menu, use the IE button menu.

  

     

Now save the picture below.

Picture Ace saves the picture to the Scenery folder. Open the Scenery destination folder and make sure the picture has been saved successfully (use the tray icon menu or the IE button menu).

Sometimes you may need to change the destination folder frequently and you don't know the name of the folder beforehand. Using the Destination Folder dialog is surely too much of a hassle. Happily, Picture Ace offers a much simpler way: the Add New / Edit <Alias> command in the tray icon menu or the IE button menu.

Suppose we need to save the picture of a bird below in the C:\Photos\Birds folder. Instead of using the Destination Folder dialog to create a new destination folder, we are going to create it using the IE button menu or the tray icon menu.

First, select Animals as the current destination folder.

Then click the Add New / Edit Animals item, change the Alias to Birds and the Folder to C:\Photos\Birds, click OK.

     

Note that this dialog allows you to do one of three actions (we have done the first action):

• Create a new destination folder and leave the current destination folder (Animals)
• Create a new destination folder and remove the current destination folder
• Change the folder of the current destination folder

Now we are ready to save the picture below, use the Ctrl + Click combination or the IE context menu (the Save Image command).

Picture Ace saves the picture to the C:\Photos\Birds folder. Open the Birds destination folder and make sure the picture was saved successfully (use the tray icon menu or the IE button menu).