Exporting Graphics for Web
To export your image choose "File" > "Export As..." or "Save As..." command. Type your file name, choose export format and click OK to save the graphics.
PNG, GIF and JPEG format
PNG format is the best choice for 3D graphics, buttons, gradients etc. It's also good for flat images like texts, cartoons and drawings.
GIF format should be used to export non-photorealistic images like cartoons or text that use solid color areas. GIF has better compression with flat and solid ares
Real-life photos should be saved in JPEG format which provides much better ratio and produces smaller files.
In the following example you should use JPEG format to export the photo image:
The next example illustrates JPEG and GIF version of the same graphics. As you can see in this case you should use GIF format. JPEG produces larger file and its quality is low.
Optimizing JPEG images
To optimize your photo choose "File" > "Export As..." command. Choose JPEG as save format, type the file name and click OK.
Drag "Quality" slider to control quality/file size trade-off. Low quality number produces small files with minimum quality, high number creates better quality but larger file.
Sample image compressed using quality values between 5 and 0:
Quality: 5 (6 kb) |
Quality: 2 (4 kb) |
Quality: 0 (2 kb) |
Optimizing GIF graphics
To compress your graphics choose "File" > "Export As..." command. Choose GIF as save format, type the file name and click OK.
Exact palette / reduce colors - choose lower color count to produce smaller files. However image quality may decrease. Choose "exact palette" to export the image in its original palette.
Check "dither" option when exporting photo images, uncheck when exporting images with solid color areas.
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