Bmuse Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 When designing PowerPoint, Keynote, E-learning courses, etc., I do my graphics work in Designer (of course). I usually have an artboard dedicated to icons and graphic elements, in addition to creating titles & headings. All of these are exported as PNGs, to be used in the other apps. As I work, I do a lot of rapid-fire exporting. I don't always have organized layers, so I work best by selecting elements/groups on the canvas and using the Export shortcut. The Export panel pops open to PNG. But it always defaults the Area to the artboard I'm on. What I need is Selection without background, and I have to use the drop-down to get it. And when I have a lot of artboards, the drop-down list gets long, and opens to different positions depending on what board I'm on. Area isn't saved with presets. In my workflow, constantly having to drop down and scroll adds a lot of friction. Is there any way to either: Have the Export panel open with the last-used Area Save the Area as part of a preset Define a default Area Any of those would be very helpful! Thanks! B yeffdaley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmuse Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Hi Hans, thanks for your reply. I realize the Export Persona can export layer groups, slices, etc. But I'm not always working with fully-organized layers. Also, switching to Export Persona and then clicking/dragging/selecting items or layers and then exporting, is even more steps than simply drag-selecting what's right in front of me. Re: your second comment -- the process you describe is what I'm already doing. Having no artboards reduces the length of the drop-down list, but now the Area defaults to "Whole Document," so I still have to use the drop-down to choose "Selection without background." Ultimately, it's about having the Export Options panel simply open with the last-used Area, or being able to specify a default Area selection. Unless those are possible and I'm missing it, I'd like it to be considered a feature request. Thanks again, B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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