Exporting content from Whimsical
You'll find all of Whimsical's export options under the plane icon in the top right. Read about them below 👇
Image Export
For boards, wireframes, & projects you can choose to Export (download) or Copy Image (to clipboard) as a PNG. With either option, there are a few settings to choose from:
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Background: Include the background or exclude it for a transparent PNG.
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Size: Choose from 1x or 2x.
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Selection: Choose to export only the currently selected content on the board.
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Whole Board or Separate Frames (wireframes only): In wireframe mode, you can download the entire board as one image or you can export frames as individual images. Exporting as individual images is the best option if you intend to upload to other apps like InVision or Marvel.
Note
We don't currently support any type of export to Illustrator, Sketch, or Figma. Although we do have an experimental feature which lets you save a board as an SVG - just add "/svg" to the end of your board URL. It should look like this "whimsical.com/XXXXXXXX/svg"
This will load the SVG image where you can right click and "Save As...":
PDF Export or Print
To export a Doc, or canvas file as a PDF select "Print", then save as a PDF from there:
Shapes and text will be in vector format when you save files as a PDF.
Quick Export using Copy and Paste
Select whatever you want from a file and copy it to your clipboard with command or ctrl + C. Then paste directly as an image into another app (some native apps like Slack, unfortunately, don't support this).
Text Export for mind maps
Alongside the options mentioned above, mind maps can also be exported as text.
To export a mind map as text, select the main node (or any other node if you want to export only part of the mind map), copy it, and then paste it as plain text (sometimes called paste special) with command (or ctrl) + shift + V.
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You can export expanded card information from projects by opening the card and using your browser's print shortcut (command or ctrl + P) then save as a PDF.