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JasonDD210
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December 13, 2022
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Exporting an artboard as a raster file.

  • December 13, 2022
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When I export an artboard as a raster file, the dialogue box opens with settings, one of which is resolution. Resolution is a measure of pixels per linear unit. If the document I am working on is entirely in pixels, it's not clear what resolution mean, since there are no linear dimensions.

In my opinion, it would have been much better here to have a pixel dimensions control in the export options, since this is what we are interested in when exporting for the graphics for web use.

Anyway, my question is, how do I use resolution here, for example, if I need my image to be 600 x 600 pixels?

 

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Since a pixel does not have a fixed size, Illustrator has to define one to be able to work with them as units.

The size of a pixel in Illustrator is defined as 1/72 of an inch, the same as 1 point.

If you do not want to change the amount of pixels on export, use 72 ppi.

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 13, 2022

Since a pixel does not have a fixed size, Illustrator has to define one to be able to work with them as units.

The size of a pixel in Illustrator is defined as 1/72 of an inch, the same as 1 point.

If you do not want to change the amount of pixels on export, use 72 ppi.

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    JasonDD210Author
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    December 13, 2022

    Perfect, thank you.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    December 13, 2022

    Good to hear that helped.

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