Export Artboards at different dimensions while keeping original dimensions in file

[Beck]

Hi everyone,

Is there a way to export artboards using Export Persona at different dimensions? For example, I have multiple artboards at 6000x6000px but want to export these at 2000x2000px. 

We want to keep the large artboard size for the design because once design is final, we then want to export at large size. During revisions though, we just want to export at smaller size and if we can do this straight from the software, it will save us having to manually compress files. 

The reason why we aren't designing with smaller size artboards is because we have had many issues in the past of our exports outputting such low quality and not suitable for high quality print. We've had to redesign into larger specs many times.

Hope there's a way to streamline this! 

[lacerto]

You should be able to define export size in Export Persona by using w and h parameters, like this (the video clip does not have artboard defined, but that is not important):

I am not sure if this can be done when exporting e.g. to PDF, but in that case you should be able to print to file (e.g. Microsoft Print to PDF, Adobe PDF, etc.) and scale by fitting to the print size.

[steday]

Hello

 

In the export Persona you can choose a scale factor.

Affinity provide preselect scale factor that you can override.

The screenshot is for Affinity Designer, but it's the same on Photo.

Hope it will help you

.

[Beck]

On 11/7/2024 at 3:53 PM, lacerto said:

You should be able to define export size in Export Persona by using w and h parameters, like this (the video clip does not have artboard defined, but that is not important):

 

I am not sure if this can be done when exporting e.g. to PDF, but in that case you should be able to print to file (e.g. Microsoft Print to PDF, Adobe PDF, etc.) and scale by fitting to the print size.

 

On 11/7/2024 at 3:56 PM, steday said:

Hello

 

In the export Persona you can choose a scale factor.

Affinity provide preselect scale factor that you can override.

The screenshot is for Affinity Designer, but it's the same on Photo.

Hope it will help you

.

 

Hi all! Thanks so much, this had worked for me!

Just one extra question, is there a way to enter dimensions only once and have it apply to all selected slices? Sometimes i have multiple artboards to export, for example I had 3 in this example and entered the dimensions manually for each. It would be great if there was a way to enter it for one and it apply automatically for the rest: 

[thomaso]

12 hours ago, Beck said:

is there a way to enter dimensions only once and have it apply to all selected slices?

Not* directly (afaik) – but you can save a setting and recall it for a bunch of selected slices.
*Advantage: as preset it is available for other documents, too.

[lacerto]

You can also copy a setting, e.g. 599w, 200h on the Clipboard and then select multiple artboards and have that setting pasted from Clipboard, and have it added or replacing existing definitions, in one go, and then export all slices in one go.

[thomaso]

7 hours ago, lacerto said:

You can also copy a setting, e.g. 599w, 200h on the Clipboard and then select multiple artboards and have that setting pasted from Clipboard, and have it added or replacing existing definitions, in one go, and then export all slices in one go.

Interesting. It doesn't work on mac in V1.

But I wonder how does AD know which slices should be used when pasting (e.g. all checked – or the currently selected/highlighted only), and, if all or some slices need multiple size entries, does AD accordingly paste in the second fields if you copied from a second field?

[lacerto]

I think it is designed to work slice-wise (one at a time) so when you copy a setup, all specs within one slide are copied on the Clipboard, and then you can paste the setup into other slices (all that are selected) either replacing or adding the specs of the source slide. IMO it operates similarly in v1 as in v2, but I have only just played with the tool and not used in any real production.

[thomaso]

Ah, thanks for clarifying. You seem to talk about the icons/buttons in the Slices panel. (not copy/paste via commands CMD- or CTRL-C and -V)

[Beck]

On 11/26/2024 at 2:23 PM, lacerto said:

You can also copy a setting, e.g. 599w, 200h on the Clipboard and then select multiple artboards and have that setting pasted from Clipboard, and have it added or replacing existing definitions, in one go, and then export all slices in one go.

Hi there, are you able to share the steps on how to do this? Thanks! 

[Beck]

On 11/26/2024 at 10:02 AM, thomaso said:

Not* directly (afaik) – but you can save a setting and recall it for a bunch of selected slices.
*Advantage: as preset it is available for other documents, too.

Thanks for your insight, I've managed to save an Export Preset through the Menu > Export option:

 

Although, when I head to Export Persona > Select my Slices, I'm not able to find the saved Preset under Export Preset dropdown. It's not available for me to select. Is there an extra step to make it show here so I can export multiple slices using this preset at one time? 

[thomaso]

1 hour ago, Beck said:

when I head to Export Persona > Select my Slices, I'm not able to find the saved Preset under Export Preset dropdown. It's not available for me to select. Is there an extra step to make it show here so I can export multiple slices using this preset at one time? 

There are two different types of "Export preset" (yes, confusing UI), one, in the "Export Options" panel of the Export persona (+ in the main menu "File" > "Export…") regards the file type, colour, export quality etc., the other, in the Slices panel only, concerns that preset AND the export size.