Help · Printing & exporting
Export formats, and which one to choose
Steps
- Open the File menu and choose Save as…, or press
⇧⌘S. (Download a picture… on the same menu opens the same dialog with PNG already chosen.) - Pick a Format.
- Pick a Resolution. The three options are labelled with the actual DPI they produce for this page, so you are choosing a number rather than a word.
- For a PDF, decide whether to tick Include every page.
- Read the line at the bottom — it tells you the pixel size and the printed size you are about to get.
- Click Save file.
Which one
| Format | Use it for | Notes | |---|---|---| | Crevano project (.crev) | Keeping your work so you can edit it later | Not a picture. This is the file that stays editable — see Save and back up your work | | PDF | Sending to a printer | True document size. The only export that includes bleed. Can hold every page in one file | | PNG | Everything else — web, email, wallpaper, social | Lossless. Handles flat colour and type cleanly | | JPEG | Photo-heavy pages where file size matters | Smaller. Slightly softer on hard edges and type | | WebP | Putting an image on a website | Smallest of the three for the same quality. Not every older program opens it | | SVG | A vector wrapper around the page | The images inside are still images — this does not turn your photographs into vectors |
About the Resolution setting
The three choices are multipliers on your document's own resolution, and each is labelled with the DPI it lands on for this page:
- Print quality — the document's real resolution. This is the one to use for anything being printed.
- Screen quality — half. Best for phones and email.
- Extra large — double. For a very large print, where the extra pixels come from upscaling rather than from new detail.
The .crev format has no resolution setting, because it stores the page itself rather than pixels.
> Note > Only PDF carries multiple pages. PNG, JPG, WebP and SVG export the page you are on. If > you need every page as separate images, move to each page and export it.
Sharing without saving a file
The share button next to the printer copies a picture of the current page to your clipboard, or opens your device's share sheet on a phone, so you can paste it straight into a message.