Windows 10: Microsoft Photos - How do I save additions to an album

Microsoft Photos looks quite powerful but there seems to very little on the way of tutorials or help. I have tried to create an album which works OK. But when I add further photos to the album there seems to be no option to save the additions. It is obviously is not an automatic save as when I reopen the album the additions are not there. In addition a default filter is applied to all photos with no option to alter the default. Photos looks good in principle but its not at all obvious how to use it effectively.

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Is it possible to save the Album data from the photo Viewer?

Hi, if you read thru the various responses here, you may find a couple of ideas.
Save Photo Album as Folder - Microsoft Community

(I don't use Photos myself).

 

Photos - create and LOCALLY save an album

Hi PWalker50,

The album created in the Photos App are virtual, they do not physically exist on your PC, here is just a small file somewhere listing the photos, text, enhancements . . . etc.

Microsoft only provide us one way to save out these albums and that is to oneDrive and then download or share them . . .

 

Where are Windows photo albums actually saved

The Windows 10 photo app allows you to save pictures to "Creations" such as photo albums. Where are these albums located in Explorer?

The implication from what I've read is that they are somewhere on the user's OneDrive - but I don't imagine the photos themselves are saved into an album, merely their filepaths. Either way I can't find this information.

Can I access the file paths associated with the images contained in one of these albums?

(NB, I don't want to upload to onedrive, I just want to know where the album data is saved on the machine usually, and whether I can access it from explorer or the command line say)