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What I am trying to do:
I'm trying to save multiple versions of icons in a variety of formats.
How do you further specify controls around how different files will be saved when using "export for screens"?
Love the new feature for illustrator "export for screens", however I'm at a bit of a crossroads when trying to specify how I want my artboards to be saved.
I work on icons and logos that often need to be built for print and digital (CMYK and RGB). Upon discovering this feature I decided I would build my file for print (CMYK) initially, with the assumption that conversion to digital RGB would be easier than doing the reverse. I have 1 file in CMYK format and the same file converted to RGB.
I am exporting to PDF, SVG, JPG 100 and PNG.
Issues:
Everything works great except for the following happening to bitmap images (JPG, PNG):
The inability to control both resolution and dimension
A 1px transparent / white border added to the top and right side.
What I've tried:
File > Export > Export for Screens > Format Settings
File > Export > Export As
File > Document Setup > General > Transparency and Overprint options > Preset >
Changing artboard sizes and document measurements (inches to pixels)
File > Preferences
Edit > My Settings > Export Settings
Effects > Document Raster Effects Settings > Resolution
Semi - solutions:
Hopefully I'm missing something simple here, but I'd rather avoid a solution like: make an artboard for each size you want to export, then use the Export for Screens resolution option.
I know I can use artboards in Photoshop which may be the most viable solution if Illustrator is too much of a hassle.
Potential feature requests
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Final thoughts:
If it is simply they haven't fully built out this new feature yet, or I'm not using it for its intended purpose, let me know.
Feature Request was submitted to address the dimension and resolution issues, and desired features.
If you read this please follow the link above and vote for this if you agree with the submitted feature request.
If you have any ideas around modifying the feature request, leave a comment in the feature request.
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Hi Thishowedoit,
I would request you to share your suggestions and feature request to our Adobe Illustrator Feedback.
This is the best way of communicating to the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Regards
Srishti
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Thanks Srishti, I will go ahead and do so.
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Feature Request was submitted to address the dimension and resolution issues, and desired features.
If you read this please follow the link above and vote for this if you agree with the submitted feature request.
If you have any ideas around modifying the feature request, leave a comment in the feature request.
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Great that Adobe never fixed it! ... 6 years and no progress, applause for Adobe (Just the generated file size is a nightmare whith "export for screens", still).