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How to Export Sharper Vectors to Publish Online Documents

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In this InDesign how-to video, Anne-Marie Concepción shares a way to get sharper vector images when exporting to Adobe Publish Online. The secret is to convert placed Illustrator vector files to SVGs, so all the vector information gets passed through on export. She also gives a tip on easily updating multiple linked images all at once.

This comes from Anne-Marie’s “Favorite Tips from InDesign Secrets” session with David Blatner at CreativePro Week 2021. Join us in Washington, D.C. or online May 9–13 for CreativePro Week 2022.

Anne-Marie “Her Geekness” Concepción is the co-founder (with David Blatner) and CEO of Creative Publishing Network, which produces InDesignSecrets, InDesign Magazine, and other resources for creative professionals. Through her cross-media design studio, Seneca Design & Training, Anne-Marie develops ebooks and trains and consults with companies who want to master the tools and workflows of digital publishing. She has authored over 20 courses on lynda.com on these topics and others. Keep up with Anne-Marie by subscribing to her ezine, HerGeekness Gazette, and contact her by email at [email protected] or on Twitter @amarie
  • Scott Kelty says:

    Using SVG for export is a great tip – many people evidently aren’t aware of that. Thank you, Anne-Marie for all of your knowledge and help over the years!!

    And if I can offer one small quibble, not about the content which is always helpful, but the video itself as embedded above. It may be just me, but when I play a YouTube video here on these pages, I always have to click on the YouTube icon to go to the channel, because the video here has no controls on it, including the very necessary volume (because YouTube automatically plays videos at full volume). Any way to change that?

  • David Woods says:

    Very cool tip. I noticed a color shift between the original .ai and the exported .sng and .art when you had them on the same page for comparison, but you didn’t mention that. Was the .ai file CMYK and export to .svg automatically converted it to RGB?

  • David Woods says:

    forgive the sloppy typos in my observation.

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