How to save a page as a PNG or JPEG picture

Saving a page as a picture in Publish by Zaweba is done with Export pictures. It writes one PNG or JPEG for each page at 96, 150 or 300 dpi, with bleed included if you want it. You can export all the pages or just a range. The app is free, works offline on Windows and asks for no account.

Pictures of a page are what you want for social media posts, a website, a messaging group or a slide in a presentation. Many places that won't take a PDF will happily take a JPEG.

PNG or JPEG

PNG keeps every pixel exactly, which suits pages with sharp text, flat colours and logos. Files can be larger, but text edges stay crisp.

JPEG is smaller, and suits pages that are mostly photographs. Text can pick up faint smudges around the letters at small sizes, so for a text-heavy flyer PNG is often the better pick.

If you're unsure, export both and compare them side by side. It only takes a moment.

Choosing the resolution

The three settings suit three jobs. 96 dpi gives a small picture suitable for a quick preview or a thumbnail on a web page. 150 dpi is a good middle ground for sharing on social media or in an e-mail, where it looks sharp on a phone without being a huge file. 300 dpi is print quality, for when someone else is going to print the picture or you need a large, detailed image.

Higher resolution means larger files. If a site complains about upload size, step down a setting.

Exporting your pages

Finish the layout first and check it at a comfortable zoom. Then choose Export pictures. Pick PNG or JPEG and the resolution. Decide whether to include bleed: leave it off for sharing online, where the picture should be the finished page size, and turn it on only if the picture is going to a printer who wants the extra edge.

To export only some pages, type a page range such as 1-3, 5 or 4- in the export dialog. That's handy for a newsletter when only the front page is wanted for a social post.

Each page becomes its own file, so a four-page leaflet gives you four pictures.

Why the picture matches the screen

Publish measures text from the fonts' own advance widths, so the screen, the exported pictures and the PDF all agree. A line that ends at a certain word on screen ends at the same word in the PNG. That makes the picture export a reliable way to share a proof with someone before you print.

Other ways to share a page

If the person needs to print the page or you want selectable text, a PDF is better than a picture. The web PDF keeps files small by reducing pictures to 150 dpi, and the print-ready PDF includes bleed, crop marks and embedded fonts.

If you want to touch up a picture of a page, add effects or combine it with something else, open the exported PNG in Paint by Zaweba.

Pick the format for where the page is going, and you'll rarely need to export twice.