The Export dialog

Every finished file — a social image, an editable vector, a print PDF, a slide deck — comes out of one place: the Export design dialog. This page is the map to it.

Opening the dialog#

Reach the dialog two ways:

• File menu → Download
• The Download action on the Share button above the canvas

The modal opens centered over a dimmed studio. To dismiss it, click Cancel or click anywhere outside the panel. Nothing is saved or uploaded to open it — exports are built entirely in your browser, so you can export a design you've never saved.

Choosing an Output Format#

The Output Format row is the first decision, with six buttons:

Pick a format and the dialog reshapes itself to show only the options that format supports. Several formats show a one-line hint beneath the row — for example, the SVG hint reads "Scalable vector SVG per canvas. Editable in Figma, Illustrator and Inkscape."

Not sure which to choose? Editing elsewhere → SVG. Presenting → PPTX. Printing → PDF. A web image or photo → PNG, JPEG or WEBP.

Scale — for PNG, JPEG and WEBP#

The raster formats (PNG, JPEG, WEBP) add a Scale control with 1×, 2× and 4×. Higher scale means more pixels: sharper output and a larger file. When you're exporting a single canvas, the dialog shows the resulting pixel dimensions live beneath the control — for example 1080 × 1080 px — so you can see exactly how big the file will be before you download it.

Quality — for JPEG and WEBP only#

Because JPEG and WEBP are compressed formats, they add a Quality slider (roughly 50%–100%). Drag it up for a better-looking image at a larger file size, or down to shrink the file. PNG, SVG and PDF have no quality slider — PNG and SVG are lossless, and PDF carries vector data.

The transparency note#

If any canvas you're exporting has a transparent background and you pick JPEG, an amber note appears: "JPEG has no transparency — transparent areas will be white." JPEG simply can't store transparency. If you need to keep it, switch to PNG or WEBP.

The canvas picker#

A design can hold many canvases. When it has more than one, the dialog adds a Canvases picker at the top, with an {n} of {total} selected count so you always know how many will be exported.

• Type in the Filter canvases… box to narrow a long list by name.
• Select all and Select none act on the filtered view, so filtering and bulk-selecting combine cleanly.
• Each row shows the canvas name and its pixel size; tick the ones you want.

Selection is remembered even for canvases you've filtered out of view. How each format bundles multiple canvases — a single multi-page PDF versus a ZIP of separate files — is covered under Downloading, below.

Format-specific options#

Some formats reveal extra controls:

• SVG adds a Text choice — Embedded fonts (type stays editable in the target app) or Outlines (glyphs become vector shapes for pixel-perfect fidelity).
• PDF adds a Color space — Print (CMYK) or Digital (RGB) — plus bleed, crop and registration marks, output profile and more. The print path is covered in depth in Print-ready PDF.
• PPTX has no extra options — it's always one deck, one slide per canvas.

Downloading#

The primary button adapts to what you're exporting:

• Download — a single file.
• Download {n} files (ZIP) — several raster or SVG canvases, bundled into one ZIP.
• Export print PDF — a CMYK print PDF; it reads Generating print PDF… while the file is built.

The file lands in your browser's downloads folder. Nothing leaves your machine — even the CMYK print PDF is rendered locally.

If an export fails#

If something goes wrong you'll see "Export failed. Please try again." Retry first; if a very large job struggles, lower the Scale or select fewer canvases and export in batches. Since everything runs in your browser, no data was uploaded and nothing was lost.

Next#

Handing work to a print shop? Follow Print-ready PDF. Need a refresher on the whole workflow first? Revisit Your first design.