<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="guide" id="share-send"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#share"/> <desc>Send photos via email, instant messaging or in other ways.</desc> <link type="next" xref="share-background" /> </info> <title>Sending photos</title> <p>Shotwell can send photos using the GNOME desktop's Send To mechanism, which lets you send photos via email, instant messaging or in other ways.</p> <p>To send photos, select them in Shotwell and choose <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Send To...</gui></guiseq>, or right-click the photos and choose <gui>Send To...</gui> from the context menu. A <gui>Send To</gui> dialog box will appear which lets you choose a mechanism for sending the files (such as email or instant messaging) and a destination. You can optionally choose to send the files in a compressed format. </p> </page>