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
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.
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Do one of the following:
- Shortcut: (Win) Alt + Ctrl + E / (Mac) Cmd + Opt + E.
- Click File> Export > Export for Screens.
- Select artwork and click File > Export Selection.
- Right-click selected artwork and click Collect for Export.
In the Export for Screens dialog, edit the settings that you want to use while exporting your artwork.
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Click the thumbnail or list icons to view the items differently.
The Export for Screens dialog (Artboards tab). -
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:
- All. Select all artboards. Each artboard will be exported individually.
- Range. Select individual artboards to export, from those available in the document. For example, 1, 2, 4-6 selects artboards 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6.
- Full Document. Exports the entire document as one artwork.
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To start afresh, click Clear Selection to deselect all the collected assets. You can start selecting specific artwork by clicking on thumbnails.
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- Scale. Specify the scale factor for the output file.
- Location. Specify the folder location where exported files will be placed.
- Open Location after Export. Select this option to specify if you want the folder that holds the exported assets to be opened using a file browser (Explorer or Finder).
- Suffix. Provide a suffix to ensure output files have unique names.
- Format. Specify if you need .png, .svg, .jpg, or .pdf file output.
- Prefix. Provide a string that will serve as the start of the file names generated.
- Add Scale button. Click Add Scale to add an additional output scale/format to export.
- Delete button. Click the X symbol to delete an output type.
- Presets.
- iOS: Click to add the preset file output types generally required for iOS projects.
- Android: Click to add the preset file output types generally required for Android form factor projects.
) to specify output settings for exported file formats.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.
To collect objects/ layers for export as multiple assets, add them to the Asset Export panel (Window > Asset Export). Do one of the following:
- Drag artwork into the Asset Export panel.
- Right-click an asset and choose Collect for Export > As Multiple Assets. Alternatively, select artwork and click the Generate multiple assets from the selection icon (
) in the Asset Export panel. - To add the highlighted layers in the Layers panel as assets, click the Collect For Export icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.
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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:
- Press Alt/ Option while dragging artwork into the Asset Export panel.
- Right-click an asset and choose Collect for Export > As Single Asset. Alternatively, select artwork, and then press Alt/ Option while clicking the Generate a single asset from the selection icon (
) in the Asset Export panel.
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Click the Export Settings triangle
to view or add what formats/sizes you want to export your files to:- Scale. Specify the scale factor for the output file.
- Suffix. Provide a suffix to ensure output files have unique names.
- Format. Specify if you need .png, .svg, .jpg, or .pdf file output.
- Add Scale button. Click to add an additional output scale/format to export.
- Delete button. Click the X symbol to delete an output type.
- Presets:
- iOS: Click to add the preset file output types generally required for iOS projects.
- Android: Click to add the preset file output types generally required for Android form factor projects.
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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.
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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.
The Format Settings dialog allows you to specify the output settings for each file type you can export to:
- In the Export for Screens dialog, click the Settings icon to launch the Format Settings dialog.
- In the Asset Export panel, click the fly-out menu and choose Format Settings.
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