Time needed: 3 minutes.
Steps to export and download a Figma file as a PDF:
- Select the ‘Frame’ you’d like to download as a PDF
With the Figma file open, click to select the ‘frame’ of the design you’d like to download.
- Click Export
With the frame still selected, find the ‘Export’ menu on the right properties panel and click ‘Export’ to reveal the Figma Export Tool.
- Select the export format: PDF
When the Export Tool options appear, select the export file format desired (PDF being most common for sharing, and PNG or Jpeg for web graphics).
- Export the Figma file to PDF
Once you’ve selected the file format (PDF), you can just click the “Export…” button and download your Figma as a PDF.
- Repeat steps 1-4 for each frame you desire to export to PDF.
For each frame or Figma file you want to export, just repeat this process and download the PDF files for each.
The PDF export option, which allows users to export designs with precise color handling and vector representations, is suitable for both digital and print media. Exporting can be done on a selection of layers or an entire page, as well as all frames in the page being exported into a single multi-page PDF file. In order to ensure high quality exports, Figma built their own library from scratch which allowed them total control over how complex design elements such as shadows, blurs, and gradients are represented in the resulting PDF document. Special attention was paid to avoiding bugs caused by viewer inconsistencies when dealing with these complex design elements such as angular gradients (see Gradients graphic at right).
