Want to learn more about how Adobe Illustrator works? Check out my Illustrator Explainer Series - a comprehensive collection of over 100 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful. If you have any questions or need clarification on anything from this post, simply leave a comment below. Users who watch my YouTube tutorials and wanted to check out Inkscape with a passing interest had a tendency to become dismissive of Inkscape and didn’t really take it seriously after learning that they couldn’t output JPEG files.
This is something that has been possible in other applications (such as Adobe Illustrator and Affinity Designer) for a very long time, and the inability to handle such a simple function was very off-putting to many newcomers to the Open Source world. It’s about time that we have the ability to save as JPG with Inkscape. If your computer is as fickle as mine has a tendency to be, you may have to refresh it. To verify, navigate to the location on your hard drive where you exported your image to see if it’s there. Once you click Ok you will have successfully exported a JPEG file with Inkscape! The lower the number, the worse the image quality and lower the file size. The higher the number, the better the image quality and larger the file size. Navigate to the Options tab and choose the quality you’d like your JPEG to be. You can read the warning if you’d like but it’s unimportant. You will then be prompted with the following menu: Seeing as how you want to save your work as a JPEG, choose JPG from the list, and click Save. However, there’s now a nice mix of options to choose from. You’ll also be able to change the file type as well: Choose JPG from the file type dropdown.įrom the file type dropdown list, you will be able to export your work in any of the following file formats: You will be prompted to designate a location on your hard drive and a name for the file. Once you’ve determined your selection area for exporting, you can export it as a JPEG by clicking the Export As button: Step 4: Choose JPG as the file type when exporting You do not need to change any of the defaults. Leave all of the other settings as they are for now. The chosen export area, outlined in red, will be what is saved. If you want a more in-depth demonstration of the difference between these options then please watch the video tutorial above. Custom: This option lets you specify a coordinate point on the X and Y axis of your document to export.
Selection: Choosing this option will only export an object(s) you have selected and everything within the bounding box surrounding it.Drawing: Choosing this option will export everything both inside and outside of the page border.Page: Choosing this option will export everything within the page border on your screen.Within the Export PNG Image menu on the right-hand side of your screen, choose of the Export Area options. The way that we export JPG is by using the Export menu. So, if you try to “Save As”, you won’t be presented with the option to choose JPG. The way that you save as JPG with Inkscape is by exporting it rather than saving it. This may be confusing as it suggests that you can only export PNG images with it, but that is no longer the case.
Inkscape tutorials nick update#
The menu will populate to the right side of your screen as a dockable menu: The Export PNG Image menu will open as a dockable menu on the right-hand side of your screen.Īpparently the Inkscape team forgot to update the name of the menu, because it’s still labeled as “ Export PNG Image“. Once you’ve ensured that you’re using the proper version of Inkscape, open the Export menu by pressing Control + Shift + E on your keyboard.
Inkscape tutorials nick upgrade#
You can upgrade to the latest version of Inkscape by going to the Inkscape website. An “about” menu will populate on the screen that will indicate the version you’re using: The About menu will let you know which version of Inkscape you’re using.
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