The Export for Screens workflow is a new way to generate assets of different sizes and file formats in one action. The ability to quickly export makes the generation of imaging collateral (icons, logos, images, mockups, and more) simpler and faster - especially for web and mobile workflows.
For example, in a mobile app development scenario, the User Experience Designer may want to frequently regenerate updated icons and logos. He can add these icons and logos to the Asset Export panel, and then export them to various file types and sizes in one click of a button.
Useful features:
Formats available:
Export entire artboards or individual artwork
Do one of the following:
In the Export for Screens dialog, edit the settings that you want to use while exporting your artwork.
Select the scope of what you want to export. Two tabs are available:
Artboards tab.
Choose from the artboards available to export. Click an artboard to select or de-select it. Also use your mouse and the Shift key to make multiple selections.
Assets tab.
Choose from the assets that you have collected in the Asset Export panel. See the section Asset Export panel below.
Click the thumbnail or list icons to view the items differently.
Based on the tab you are in, choose what you want to export as files. A check mark indicates whether the artboard or asset is selected or not.
Artboards tab:
To start afresh, click Clear Selection to deselect all the collected assets. You can start selecting specific artwork by clicking on thumbnails.
Specify the settings for the exported files.
(Optional) Click the Settings icon (
) to specify output settings for exported file formats.
Click the Export Artboards or Export Assets button.
Collect and export in a jiffy.
The Asset Export panel displays assets that you collect from your artwork. These assets are, typically, the art that you want to export frequently.
For example, in a mobile app development scenario, the User Experience Designer may want to frequently regenerate updated icons and logos. It is easy to add these icons and logos to the Asset Export panel, and then export them to various file types and sizes in one click of a button.
Adding assets to the Asset Export panel
You can collect objects in the Asset Export panel for export as multiple assets or a single asset.
To collect objects/ layers for export as multiple assets, add them to the Asset Export panel (Window > Asset Export). Do one of the following:
) in the Asset Export panel.Each time you drag artwork into the Asset Export panel, the asset is ‘collected’. This does not create a duplicate object on your artboard or in CC Libraries. When you update the artwork in your document, the corresponding asset is automatically updated in the Asset Export panel.
Do one of the following:
) in the Asset Export panel.Export assets using the Asset Export panel
Export assets using the Asset Export panel
Click Window > Asset Export, to launch the Asset Export panel.
View the collected assets in the Asset Export panel. A border indicates whether the asset is selected for export or not.
Only assets with a border are exported. Click a thumbnail to select or deselect it.
Click the Export Settings triangle 
to view or add what formats/sizes you want to export your files to:
(Optional) From the fly-out menu, choose Format Settings to specify output settings for exported file formats.
(Optional) From the fly-out menu, click Open Location After Export to view the exported files immediately after an export workflow.
To generate files, click Export.
While exporting assets, Illustrator creates subfolders at the export location by default based on the scaling options you choose. For example, if you select multiple scale formats in the Asset Export panel, say 1x 2x, and 3x to export a file as PNG, Illustrator creates subfolders named 1x, 2x, and 3x for the exported files. For formats that do not support scaling options, Illustrator names the subfolders based on the file formats selected for exporting—for example, SVG and PDF.
To export files in a folder without creating any subfolders, deselect the Create Subfolders option from the Asset Export panel or the Export For Screens dialog box.
To change the folder location of the asset you're exporting, or to specify details like a file prefix, use the Export for Screens dialog. Click 
to open the Export For Screens dialog. All options set in the Asset Export panel are retained in the Export For Screens dialog.
Format-specific options for exported assets
Format-specific options for exported assets
The Format Settings dialog allows you to specify the output settings for each file type you can export to:
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