Autodesk SketchBook 7

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Save your sketch

Learn to save out an alpha channel and save as different file formats. Choose where to save things. Export to various devices and orientations.

Image courtesy of Susan Murtaugh

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SAVE YOUR SKETCH AS AN ADOBE®

PHOTOSHOP® FILE

When saving, select the Adobe Photoshop PSD file type option for Mac or Adobe Photoshop Files (*.PSD) file type option for Windows.

SAVE YOUR SKETCH AS A PXD

Save images as PXDs to work on them in Pixlr. For images with colored text, to preserve the color, SketchBook converts the text to an image.

To save a sketch that can be opened in Pixlr, select File > Save as > File

Format > Pixlr PXD for Mac or Save as type > PXD Files (*.pxd) for

Windows.

SAVE YOUR SKETCH AS AN IMAGE

FILE

When saving, in the Save as type (Mac) or File Format (Windows) dropdown, select the type of image you want saved.

Note - Only the TIFF and PSD image formats preserve layers. Saving them as any other image format flattens them. Only use Autodesk SketchBook to read TIFF files containing layers. We do not advise you to open these images in other programs because we cannot guarantee layer preservation.

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SAVE LOCATION OPTIONS

Choose where a project is saved - locally or to iCloud (Mac App Store

version only).

For Mac App Store users, use SketchBook IOS Options to fit the file to a specific device. The format resizes the image and changes its orientation to fit the device. A maximum of 6 layers is preserved.

Additional top layers will be merged.

For saving a file without these options, see Exporting.

SAVE LOCALLY

Save a project to the computer you are using. In the Save or Save As dialog, browse to a location on your machine and tap Save. Files can be saved as any format.

SAVE TO ICLOUD

For Mac App Store users, save a project to iCloud to access it from anywhere and any device or platform. iCloud file management is only supported through the SketchBook iCloud Gallery.

1. If you aren’t logged into iCloud, enable the system preference

iCloud > Documents & Data.

If you can’t save to iCloud, in your SketchBook General preferences, check Enable iCloud to access iCloud files and save to your iCloud account.

2. Select File > Save or Save As.

Important If you suspect your iCloud Gallery could be full, we recommend saving your file locally and moving it to the cloud when space is available.

Important If a file is open on 2 or more devices, there is no notification. The last device to save will overwrite the file.

SAVE WITH AN

ALPHA CHANNEL

When saving a file, you can saving with an alpha channel and set the format of the saved file.

1. In the Layer Editor, in the Background layer, tap to create an alpha channel and make the background of a layer transparent.

2. Select File > Save. When saving an image with an alpha channel, select TIFF, PNG, or PSD.

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EXPORTING

SKETCHBOOK LANDSCAPE-ORIENTED IMAGES TO A

DEVICE

When you export a layered landscape-oriented image from

SketchBook to an iPad or iPhone, the image is cropped. The iPad maps the bottom left corner of the exported image to its bottom left corner. If the original layered image is wider than the iPad or iPhone, do one of the following:

• set the canvas to the same resolution as the device before exporting

• take the image from DropBox or iTunes, open it in any application that can open PSDs, then make changes to fit it to the device

• rotate your layers to change the image’s orientation and ensure the canvas is no longer than the length of the intended device’s canvas

SKETCHBOOK IMAGES TO A DEVICE

When you export an image with 8 layers from SketchBook to a device, layers may be missing.

• The iPad2 has a limit of 4 high-resolution or 12 regular layers. Layers 5 and up from the original image are not loaded for a device with high-resolution layers. Turn off High-resolution canvas, then re-import the file.

• The iPad1 has 6 layers, so layers 7 and 8 are not loaded. Merge some of the layers before exporting for an iPad1 user.

• The iPhone has from 3 – 6 layers, so some layers are not loaded.

OPEN A SAVED SKETCH

To open sketches of various formats, select and flick toward or press Cmd+O for Mac or Ctrl+O for Windows.

OPEN A SKETCH STORED ON ICLOUD

For Mac App Store users, access a project stored on iCloud from anywhere and with any machine.

1. If you aren’t logged into iCloud, enable the system preference iCloud > Documents & Data.

If you can’t open from iCloud, in your SketchBook

General preferences, check Enable iCloud to access iCloud files.

2. Select File > Open.

OPEN A PXD

Open an image from Pixlr in SketchBook. If the image uses a blend mode not supported by SketchBook, the Normal blend mode is used to replace it. To bring an image from Pixlr into SketchBook, select File > Open, then select a PXD file.

REMOVE A PROJECT FROM THE SKETCHBOOK ICLOUD

GALLERY

For Mac App Store users, select a file and tap [X] Delete.

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