What happens when you start processing:
Pixel Patrol scans for files within the selected folders:
If no Loader is selected, only basic file information is extracted (path, size, timestamps). If a loader is selected, only files matching the selected File Extensions are included (leave empty for all supported), and rich metadata/image data is extracted.
When processing finishes, a parquet file is saved at the Output Path. It contains all processed data and project metadata needed to generate the Pixel Patrol report.
You can open it later from a terminal with pixel-patrol view /path/to/output.parquet,
or directly from this page once processing completes.