Import from Format
Move finished photographs from Format into ISO100 without publishing them immediately. Review the photos, edit any details, then import.
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Prepare your Format export
Use your local finished photographs, or download the images through Format Image Storage or a Client Gallery.
- Choose the download route
If your plan includes Image Storage, use it to download stored images. For a Basic plan, Format documents a Client Gallery workaround for downloading site images; follow the linked setup guide.
- Download from a Client Gallery
Open the prepared Client Gallery and choose Download All, or select favorites and choose Download Favorites. Confirm your email address, wait for the ZIP to be prepared, and save it using the download link.
- Select the downloaded ZIPs
Keep the downloads unchanged and select them together in ISO100. Check the proposed gallery names and image quality. If you have higher-quality local originals, choose their folder instead; export RAW edits as finished JPEGs first.
Prepare the files for ISO100
Upload the ZIP files exactly as downloaded. Select all photo and metadata parts from the same export together; you do not need to extract, rename, or combine their contents. The combined upload must fit the 250 MB limit.
ISO100 reads supported metadata and gallery folders, and uses ZIP names when a gallery download has no named folder. Check the proposed gallery names before importing. It leaves recognized smaller renditions and repeated files unchecked.
- Keep the original downloads
Save all ZIP parts and keep a backup. Select them together using Choose ZIP exports in Studio. If two ZIPs have the same filename, give one a distinct filename so both can be selected.
- Use a folder for loose photos
If the provider gives you individual files, choose the folder containing those files. You can use one subfolder per intended gallery, or assign the photos to galleries during review.
- Check the review
Review the photos, gallery names, captions, dates, and order. If a warning says files or export parts are missing, check your downloads and start a new import with the complete set. Do not confirm both copies of the same import.
- Choose finished image files
For local originals, export RAW edits as finished JPEGs in sRGB. Check Studio’s supported file types and limits. Website XML exports, videos, and metadata files alone are not photographs.
Preview the migration
Downloaded photographs and folder names can become photos and unpublished galleries. The Format theme, store, Workflow data, and page design do not transfer.
Studio shows proposed gallery names, selected photographs, storage use, unsupported files, and plan limits before it prepares any ISO100 content.
- Rename galleries or uncheck their photos before importing.
- Deselect files that do not belong in the portfolio.
- Check image quality before importing; a small web copy cannot recover the detail of your original.
Review and import photos
- Open the importer
In Studio, open Photos, open More, then select Import portfolio. An empty library shows Import portfolio directly.
- Choose Format
Choose the platform, then select all downloaded ZIP parts together, or choose a folder of photo files.
- Review and import
Uncheck photos you do not want. Open a photo to edit its details, or choose Import photos without editing. Selected galleries are created with Public visibility but remain unpublished. To keep a gallery private when you later publish your portfolio, open Gallery details and set its visibility to Draft.
- Check before publishing
Review processing, crops, titles, captions, alt text, and gallery order. Publishing remains a separate action.
What remains at the source
ISO100 does not delete or modify the source account. Themes, custom pages, commerce, comments, followers, passwords, client activity, and domain settings are outside the photo migration.
Open Studio to make the change.
Still need help? Contact support and tell us what you expected and what happened.