Update v10:
Compressed PDF & Image Exporter
The Compressed PDF and Image Exporter Figma plugin lets you specify the resolution and compression levels for images embedded in exported PDFs. Create lightweight PDFs that are easy to review and easy to share over email, slack, etc.
No install is required! Try it in our demo file in seconds, or open one of your projects and follow these three steps:
The plugin is free to use! Create better PDFs that are easy to share and images that are optimized for web use and SEO directly from your design software, or easily in a browser.
Clients, project managers, and other stakeholders all have one thing in common. They want to review your designs but they don’t want to learn a new tool to do so. Too much of the time, they just want a PDF.
If you export one from figma, all of your source images will be embedded as lossless PNGs at their source resolution, not at their implementation size. To make matters worse, this oversized raster content will not be compressed.. The PDF will be enormous. A landing page with a few images can easily be over 100MB with the native PDF export.
Sure you can compress it in Acrobat. That will take a few minutes, and by PDF-FINAL-version-22 you will regret not having a better workflow.
The Compressed PDF Exporter plugin is the best way to create small & shareable files directly from Figma.
We ran a survey and the results were clear: users want non-subscription pricing options. We want Compressed PDF and Image Exporter to work for everyone so we built some custom licensing options:
We offer lifetime access for a one-time payment for all of our apps while they are in beta as a thank you to early users. Get it while you can!
Yes! We added support for JPGs, PNGs, and WebPs in version 10.
Note that it is easily possible to create excellent quality PDFs that are still 90% smaller than what Figma will give you with native export features.
Figma not only completely excludes basic compression by using lossless formats, they also embed images with their full source data which will often create bloated PDFs, and in many cases unusable PDFs.
The Compressed PDF and Image Exporter's resolution input works just like the native export control does in Figma. At 1x, the image has a resolution equal to, or 1x its frame size in the Figma canvas. If you have frames that are large then 1x can result in a fairly high resolution image, and 2x would be double that, and so on.
Yes. The Compressed PDF Exporter has no page limit but, the bigger the export is the longer the compression and assembly process will take. It can also be hard to view a PDF that requires both horizontal and vertical scrolling so we recommend sticking to normal canvas & page sizes.
Yes. Design how you want and export without limitation.
Yes, this is generally a good idea for parent frames.
If you cover one of our apps let us know! We are happy to give you a backlink.
Email us at: bug(at)osborndesign.works
Screenshots & context are helpful for debugging.
We have already have some error tracking and reporting built in, but it's always helpful to hear from users.
We appreciate all of the support we get. The best way to support us is to share the plugin, buy a license, or check out our other apps.
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