I’m working with a print and cut program that only supports
PNG
JPG
GIF
SVG
DXF
DMP
I want to print out my file and I’m not sure which one would be best to preserve the colors or how to make them into these options.
This is what Krita lets me save as:
I’m not a print expert but when I don’t want to compress and lose quality I go png.
I hope you are not confusing saving and exporting…you should not save your work in those formats you listed. Only export. Exporting allows you to save on a secondary file while still working on the original one and keeping your layers.
Oh, I have been saving secondary files and leaving my originals as the Krita document.
I havn’t exported a file yet. But The program i’m using only allows me to browse and upload a file from my computer.
Suppose you work on “first.kra”. Then you decide to save a secondary file
“save as…” > “second.png”.
From now on everytime you save, it’s only saved flat on second.png.
After working 3 hours, you close your file.
Then you decide to reopen first.kra, none of your 3 hours have been saved. It’s just saved as a flat png on second.png
Export creates a real file on your computer that you can upload wherever you want.
Yes, click ok and then save the file wherever you want. This file will be a flat png that keeps transparency (alpha channel). This is the file you upload.
When you want to improve the image, you reopen the .kra and work on it, then export it again to a png.
ok thanks for all the info!
It took me way too long to realize this, only recently have I seen the Export button…
Basically the difference between Export and Save As/Save is that Export doesn’t tell Krita “ok, from now on, always save as X”. Save As changes the name of the document in Krita’s memory as the new one, so when you save, it saves as whatever you last Saved As.
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