Export to Files provides the ability to directly save a copy of your current sketch to folders on your local device, iCloud or to other available cloud storage services. TIFF is the native Sketchbook file format. In the next dialog, select Save Image to save your image to Photos.Did you know that Share can also be used to save images to your Photos? See how you can use Save Image to do this. When you share an image with layers, the image that is sent gets flattened to one layer. Choose a method for exporting your sketch.Swipe to the thumbnail view of the sketch you want to export.For example, when you export an image with 8 layers from Sketchbook Pro to an older device running an older version of Sketchbook, layers may be missing.Įxporting in Sketchbook for Android Exporting a layered imageĮxport layered images to your SD card, cloud storage, or another destination. With older devices and older versions of Sketchbook, there may be more limitations. If the version of Sketchbook you're bringing the file into doesn't have layer grouping, then the layers come in ungrouped.

The warning will let you know what the issue is. When you export an image with layers and/or a large canvas size from Sketchbook Pro on desktop to a device, if the device cannot support the file, a warning appears.

On mobile devices, the number of layers supported will be dependent upon the device's available memory‍.Įxporting Sketchbook Pro images to a device JPEG will be a flattened file with some lossinessĪnother thing to consider is the capacity of the device you will import to.PNG and and BMP will be flattened, compressed files in a lossless format.PSD will preserve layers and most data, but there are some Sketchbook features that will not be preserved.

However only Sketchbook reads layers in TIFF, so this file opened in a different software package will be flat

TIFF is Sketchbook's native file format, and will reopen in any Sketchbook app with layers and data intact.

The first is the limitations of the file type. When you export an image, there are a few things to keep in mind.

for FlipBook animations, see Saving and exporting FlipBooks‍.

You can export your images from Sketchbook Pro to the following formats: Import images‍ into Sketchbook to continue working on them. Export sketches to share with others or to back them up‍ elsewhere.

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