The Export feature allows you to export your artwork and share it with a client or on social media in a wide range of file formats.
Which File Formats can Curve Export to?
| JPG | |
| Non-Vector File Formats | Optimal for web images and photographs. |
| PNG | |
| Non-Vector File Formats | Creates images with transparency information. |
| Non-Vector File Formats | |
|---|---|
| JPG | Optimal for web images and photographs. |
| PNG | Creates images with transparency information. |
| Editable Vector File Formats | Ideal for fillable forms, posters, or other print materials. |
|---|---|
| SVG | |
| Editable Vector File Formats | Good for vector files, designs with separate layers, icons, and logos |
| AI | |
| Editable Vector File Formats | You can use the Send to Adobe Illustrator function to send your document directly to your desktop Adobe Illustrator software. |
| Editable Vector File Formats | |
|---|---|
| Ideal for fillable forms, posters, or other print materials. | |
| SVG | Good for vector files, designs with separate layers, icons, and logos |
| AI | You can use the Send to Adobe Illustrator function to send your document directly to your desktop Adobe Illustrator software. |
Linearity Curve saves all your documents automatically as soon as you exit a document and you can easily export them from either the Gallery or the Document.
Export from the Gallery
To export your document from the Gallery, right-click on any document. A contextual menu will then appear at the bottom of the selected document where you can:
- A - Open your document in a new window in Split View
- B - Rename your document
- C - Duplicate your document
- D - Share your document via Airdrop or another sharing option
- E - Delete your document
The Export Popover
You can export your work from inside the document by click the Export menu at the top right corner of your screen.
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Export as JPEG
As soon as you tap either of these icons, the Export Preview window will appear. From here you can customize the export settings of your document. You can:
- A - Choose the File Format
- B - Select the Artboard you’re going to export
- C - Set the Quality (from 0 to 1)
- D - Set the Resolution of your document
- E - Show or hide the watermark “Made with Curve”
- F - Preview your document in CMYK colors
At the top left corner of the screen, you can see the current Zoom percentage (I) of the artwork preview.
To save your document as a JPEG file , simply tap the Export button (H). To go back to the document without saving, tap Cancel (G) instead.
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Export as PNG
When you want to export your file in PNG format , you can:
- A - Choose the File Format
- B - Select the Artboard you’re going to export
- C - Set the Resolution of your document
- D - Show or hide the watermark “Made with Vectornator”
- E - Keep the Transparency of background elements
- F - Preview your document in CMYK colors
At the top left corner of the screen, you can see the current Zoom percentage (I) of the artwork preview.
To save your document as .PNG file, simply click the Export button (H). To go back to the document without saving, tap Cancel (G) instead.
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Save images to Photos App
To save your document as an image into your personal Photos App you can simply tap the Save Image (C) button in the More section of the Export Popover.
Export as PDF
You can save your document in PDF format. Click the PDF button in the Export Popover.
In the PDF Preview Options, you can choose a single artboard you want to export (B) or switch the toggle (C) to ON to export all the different Artboards in your document at once.
You can always preview your PDF document in CMYK colors (D).
We recommend that you export your file as a PDF when you want to print it or share it with someone who's not familiar with vector graphic design software.
Export as SVG
On iPad and iPhone, you can always save your document as a SVG file from the Export Popover.
When exporting as a SVG, you can set the options as:
- Select the Artboard you want to export
- Convert the Text into Outlines, if you want to convert your text into shapes, which will keep the original text style intact
- Toggle the Responsive button. Toggle it on if you want to keep the SVG file responsive when embedded in the code. Read more about it here →
- At the top left corner of the screen, you can see the current Zoom percentage (G) of the artwork preview.
To save your document as a SVG file, just tap the Export button (F). To go back to the document without saving, tap Cancel (E) instead.
Note:
We recommend using the SVG file format if you want to preserve the vectors in your file and/or you want to continue working on your file in another vector graphic design software. The SVG format will keep your layers, paths, and text editable. Save your logos, icons, and glyphs in SVG to animate or print them in your desired size.
Export individual objects
After you update your software to version 5.2.0 on your Mac, you can effortlessly export individual objects with a simple right-click. This allows you to save and share certain areas of your canvas—such as the text, a photo, or a shape—without exporting the whole design.
Choose to export your selections in JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, or SVG.
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