Exporting elements, selections, or frames from your Figma design file is a straightforward process using the built-in export features. You can quickly save your designs or assets in various formats like PNG, JPG, and PDF.
Here's how to export from Figma based on the standard export menu:
To export your desired content, follow these steps:
- Select the content you want to export. This could be an individual layer, a group, a frame (which acts like a "board" or canvas area), or a selection of multiple items.
- Initiate the export process. You can do this by clicking on the menu icon in the top-left corner of the Figma interface.
- From the menu, go to
File>Export as. - Choose your desired file type. Figma offers several common export formats:
- PNG (.png): Ideal for web graphics and assets with transparency.
- JPG (.jpg): Best for photographs and complex images without transparency.
- PDF (.pdf): Suitable for documents, reports, or sharing designs in a multi-page format (if exporting multiple frames).
- SVG (.svg): Great for logos, icons, and illustrations that need to scale without losing quality. (Note: While SVG is a common format, the specific reference provided only mentioned PNG, JPG, and PDF options related to background style and quality).
- Configure export settings (based on file type):
- For PNG or JPG: Select a Background style. You can choose to include the background (if your frame has one) or export with a transparent background (primarily for PNG).
- For JPG or PDF: Select the Quality of the exported image or document. Lower quality results in smaller file sizes, while higher quality retains more detail but increases file size.
- Finalize and save. Click the Export button.
- Choose the destination folder on your computer and save the file.
By following these steps, you can export specific parts of your Figma file as image or document assets. This method is useful for extracting frames, components, or illustrations to use outside of Figma, whether for presentations, websites, documentation, or sharing.
