Import images
Basics Ansel backbone is a library of images, saved as an SQLite database into ~/.config/ansel/library.db. Since Ansel is a non-destructive photo editor, editings are saved as histories of settings, along with image metadata, as text1 into the library database. The application of editing histories over raw images, as to produce output raster images, is the export step.
The library is also used to keep track of image collections (by tags, folders, EXIF, editing time, etc.