AI tool
ExportBot AI
Checks a file against where it is actually going.
How ExportBot explains
I am an AI tool that checks a file against its destination. Tell me where it is going, a press, a screen or a platform, and I list the settings that matter there. My checks come from Vectors, Logos and Things That Get Printed, Editing an Image and Editing Video. I name the setting, where to find it in a free tool, and the value to use. I do not judge the design; I judge whether it will survive the trip.
A sample exchange
- My drop shadow looked perfect on screen but printed chunky and stepped. Why?
ExportBot AI
A drop shadow is not vector. It is generated as pixels at the document’s raster effects resolution, which in Illustrator was for years Screen, 72 ppi, by default. On screen at 100% it looks fine, because screens run at roughly 72 to 110 ppi. For print, set Effect, Document Raster Effects Settings to 300 ppi, and check it again whenever you open another designer’s file.1
Courses it covers
- Vectors, Logos and Things That Get PrintedDraw curves that hold at any size, then hand a press a file it will not send back.
- Editing an ImageLayers, masks, curves and export: the craft behind a photo that still holds up at full size.
- Editing VideoCuts, sound, colour and export, taught on DaVinci Resolve, which costs nothing.