Do one of the following:
- Go to File> Export > Export for Screens.
- Right-click the selected artwork and select Collect for Export.
In the Export for Screens dialog, edit the settings that you want to use while exporting your artwork.
Learn how to collect assets and export them in batches.
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:
To export entire artboards or individual artwork, follow the steps.
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
Assets
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
Assets 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.
Scale |
Specify the scale factor for the output file. |
Export to |
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, .webp, or .pdf file output. |
Prefix |
Provide Artboard Number, Increasing Number, or a Custom string as prefixes for the file names generated. |
Add Scale |
Select Add Scale to add an additional output scale or format to export. |
Delete |
Select to delete an output type. |
Presets |
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To specify the output settings for exported file formats, select settings .
Select Export Artboards or Export Assets.
The Asset Export panel displays assets that you collect from your artwork. These assets are, typically, the art that you want to export frequently.
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, .webp, or .pdf file output. |
Add Scale |
Select Add Scale to add an additional output scale or format to export. |
Delete |
Select to delete an output type. |
Presets |
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Settings for exported presets |
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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:
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.
To collect objects/ layers for export as a single asset, do one of the following:
To export assets using the Asset Export panel, follow the steps.
Select 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.
Specify the Export Settings.
Specify the output settings for exported file formats, and select Format Settings from the Asset Export panel menu .
View the exported files immediately after an export workflow and select Open Location After Export from the Asset Export panel menu .
To generate files, select 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 don't 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 menu 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.
The Format Settings dialog allows you to specify the output settings for each file type you can export to:
When you measure from one point to another, the distance measured is displayed in the Info panel. To display the Info panel, go to Window > Info. All measurements except the angle are calculated in the units of measurement currently set for the document.
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