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Export Images (.jpg, .pdf)

Export a high-res image of your project to use in reports or presentations outside Giraffe.

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Written by Holly Conrad Smith
Updated over a month ago

Giraffe can export screenshots in png or PDF format. AI Overview

PNG is a lossless image format, excellent for high-quality web graphics, digital photography, and images needing transparency, while PDF is a document format that can contain multiple images and text, ideal for printing, sharing consistent layouts, and secure professional documents.

Access the export menu via the main menu (☰) → Export

Click (☰) → ExportImage/PDF

The image export menu appears.

You can choose between 2D (top view) and 3D (perspective view)

  • Use 2D for images printed to scale (either png or PDF)

  • Use 3D for a high resolution screenshot of your current map view (png only)

3D

Use 3D for a high resolution image of your current map view. 3D views are not to scale.

  • Toggle 3D

  • Click “High-Res Screenshot”

  • The page loads

  • A .png file will download to your computer

2D

Use 2D for a top-view image that can be printed to scale. You can set the page size and scale. The image is projected using the Web Mercator projection.

  • Toggle 2D

  • Select Settings for page size, scale, and resolution.

    • Some computers with lower-end graphics may struggle to export large images. If the selected resolution is quite large, a warning will appear.

  • Move the map view to be within the page size shown

  • Click “image to Scale” to download a .png

  • Click “PDF to scale” to download a .pdf

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