Exporting and Printing

The Export Panel

The Export panel displays settings for different export formats: JPEG, PDF, PNG, SVG and TIFF. Some of the settings are shared between the formats.

JPEG

The Export panel showing setting for the JPEG format

Scope: Choose whether to export the entire document or a part of it. The Scope option is described in the Export Scope subsection.

Resolution: Resolution of the output image. You can select one of the predefined options.

Width and Height: Set the absolute size of the output image.

Scale: Set the output image size in relation to the original dimensions. When you change the Scale, the program shows the corresponding Width and Height.

Quality: Set the output image quality. By decreasing the value, you can have a smaller file, but the image will preserve less details, and it may have artifacts.

PDF

The Export panel showing settings for the PDF format

Scope: Choose whether to export the entire document or a part of it. The Scope option is described in the Export Scope subsection.

Resolution: Resolution of raster elements of the design. This option doesn't affect vector elements. You can select one of the predefined options.

PNG

The Export panel showing setting for the PNG format

Scope: Choose whether to export the entire document or a part of it. The Scope option is described in the Export Scope subsection.

Resolution: Resolution of the output image. You can select one of the predefined options.

Width and Height: Set the absolute size of the output image.

Scale: Set the output image size in relation to the original dimensions. When you change the Scale, the program shows the corresponding Width and Height.

Transparent Background: Keep transparency in areas that contain no visible objects in your design. When this option is turned off, a white background is used to fill such areas.

SVG

The Export panel showing settings for the SVG format

Scope: Choose whether to export the entire document or a part of it. The Scope option is described in the Export Scope subsection.

Resolution: Resolution of raster elements of the design. This option doesn't affect vector elements. You can select one of the predefined options.

Unique ID as object's name: Use unique IDs for paths, groups, etc. Otherwise, the app exports the names which were used for naming objects, groups and layers in the Layers panel. Turning this option on can be useful if you are going to use the exported image for Web applications.

Text as curves: Convert text objects to paths. This option lets you avoid issues with missing fonts. Note that using curves to display text can significantly increase the size of exported files.

TIFF

The Export dialog showing setting for the TIFF format

Scope: Choose whether to export the entire document or a part of it. The Scope option is described in the Export Scope subsection.

Resolution: Resolution of the output image. You can select one of the predefined options or type your own value.

Width and Height: Set the absolute size of the output image.

Scale: Set the output image size in relation to the original dimensions. When you change the Scale, the program shows the corresponding Width and Height.

Transparent Background: Keep transparency in areas that contain no visible objects in your design. When this option is turned off, a white background is used to fill such areas.

LZW Compression: Activate this option to decrease the output file size. Note that not all software supports compressed images.

AMDN

The AMDN is an alternative format that is used for saving documents without compression.