Project lifecycle and task-type conversion
A project card is the control point for rename, conversion, duplication, project export, cross-dataset Semantic search and deletion. Duplication creates an independent project with selectable label and annotation copying while reusing media bytes. Task-type conversion edits the existing project in place and can discard geometry, so inspect its calculated preview and export the original first.
Project actions
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Rename project | Changes the display name; project data and ids stay in place |
| Duplicate project | Copies the project with options to include labels and annotations; excluding labels also excludes annotations. Keypoint and anomaly projects retain their required labels. Media bytes are reused by content hash |
| Change project type | Converts compatible annotations in place after a loss preview |
| Export project | Writes one lossless AnnotateIt archive for transfer or safety |
| Semantic search | Searches prepared still images across every dataset in the project on supported platforms |
| Delete project | Removes the local project after confirmation |
Conversion loss matrix
| From → to | What happens |
|---|---|
| Detection → segmentation | Each box becomes a four-point rectangular polygon; labels are preserved |
| Segmentation → detection | Each shape becomes its tight bounding box; the precise outline is discarded |
| Detection/segmentation → classification | Regions and positions are discarded; labels are aggregated per image |
| Classification mode → another classification mode | Image labels remain, but single-label conversion keeps only the dominant label and hierarchy must be rebuilt |
| Classification → detection/segmentation | Whole-image annotations are removed; the label schema remains for new regional annotation |
| Keypoints → detection/segmentation | Each pose becomes an enclosing box or rectangular polygon; joints and skeleton are discarded |
| Any ordinary project → keypoints | Blocked because boxes, regions and image labels cannot define a skeleton |
Before Convert project becomes available, the dialog counts affected media, source annotations, regions it will create, annotations it will drop and labels it will re-scope. These values come from the current project rather than a generic warning. If the project has saved prediction-model setups, the dialog also counts and warns that they and their label mappings will be removed. Private imported ONNX files are deleted, while shared downloaded checkpoints stay cached. Conversion cannot be undone; export the project first if the original may be needed.
Project export, dataset export and profile backup
- Move one complete project to another installation
- Export project
- Hand training data to another tool
- Export dataset, or Export all datasets as one
- Protect everything stored by this installation
- Settings → Backup
- Return one dataset to an earlier working state
- Dataset Versions — not a device backup
Demo projects
Projects installed from Demos behave like projects you created: they can be annotated, duplicated, exported, versioned and deleted. The Demo badge describes their origin and does not make them read-only.