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Share and export
Send a still or a loop in one tap, or export an image, video, time-lapse or layered file with Export….
- Free
- Every format at any size, length and frame rate, with a small Made with Doodly Doodle mark in the corner of exported files.
- Plus
- Exports without the mark.
Your painting saves itself as you go. When it's ready to share, look to the top bar.
Your painting saves itself as you go. When it's ready to share, look to the top bar.
Tap Share. Share image sends a still at the canvas size, and Share loop sends the painting's motion as a short video.
Tap Actions, then Share. Share image sends a still at the canvas size, and Share loop sends the painting's motion as a short video.
Click Share. Share image sends a still at the canvas size, and Share loop sends the painting's motion as a short video.
For more choices, tap Export. The format decides the rest of the options.
For more choices, tap Export. The format decides the rest of the options.
For more choices, click Export. The format decides the rest of the options.
Export opens on WebP for a still painting, and on an H.264 video when it moves. You can also choose another still image, an Animated WebP or GIF, a time-lapse of the painting taking shape, a soundtrack, or layers as a Photoshop file.
Export opens on WebP for a still painting, and on an H.264 video when it moves. You can also choose another still image, an Animated WebP or GIF, a time-lapse of the painting taking shape, a soundtrack, or layers as a Photoshop file.
On Free, every export carries a small Made with Doodly Doodle mark in the bottom-right corner. The sheet shows it, and Remove the mark with Plus takes it off.
On Free, every export carries a small Made with Doodly Doodle mark in the bottom-right corner. The sheet shows it, and Remove the mark with Plus takes it off.
Tap Export. The file is saved in Files, in Doodly Doodle's Exports folder, and Share exported files sends it on.
Tap Export. The file is saved in Files, in Doodly Doodle's Exports folder, and Share exported files sends it on.
Click Export. The file is saved in Files, in Doodly Doodle's Exports folder, and Share exported files sends it on.
Share in one tap
Share 1 2 in the top bar (in the Actions menu on iPhone and other narrow screens) goes straight to the share sheet, where Save Image and Save Video put the result in Photos:
- Share image: a still at the canvas size.
- Share loop: the painting's motion loop as an H.264 video, 1080 pixels. A short loop repeats until the video is at least 6 seconds, the least most social apps take, in whole loops so it never jumps; a long one stops at 30 seconds.
Export…
Export… opens on WebP for a still painting: small and sharp, and it keeps transparency. A moving painting opens on H.264, the video every social app takes. Times read to a hundredth of a second, and Print resolution shows only for stills and lenticular frames. The formats are grouped by what the export is for: Video (MP4, in H.264 or HEVC), Looping image (GIF, Animated WebP), Still image, Layers (PSD), Print and frames (PNG sequence, lenticular frames), Replay and sound (time-lapse, soundtrack), and Book, or Document for a painting that isn't a book (PDF, EPUB ebook, web page; see PDF, ebook and web page). Every video has a Frame: the painting's shape, or a centre crop at 1080 wide in 1:1, 4:5 or 9:16. When the painting's loop is shorter than 6 seconds, Repeat the loop to … sets the duration to whole loops of at least 6 seconds. A painting larger than a layer paints (2,048 pixels on its long side) says how much of its size's detail it has before you export.
| Format | What you get |
|---|---|
| WebP, PNG, HEIF, AVIF, TIFF | A still at any size: up to 16,384 pixels for PNG and TIFF, 16,383 for WebP. HEIF and AVIF stop at 8,192 |
| Animated WebP, H.264, HEVC, GIF | The painting moving: start time, duration, frame rate, and Match motion loop so it repeats without a jump |
| Time-lapse | The painting being made, in a Frame like any video, with music scored from the replay |
| Soundtrack | Music composed from the painting: style, mood and a preview |
| PSD (layers) | A layered file for Photoshop and similar apps |
| PNG sequence, Lenticular frames | Every frame as a still, for print and lenticular work |
Exports are saved in Files → Doodly Doodle → Exports. Share exported files… sends them on. An export isn't an editable painting: your painting keeps its own .doodly copy.
The mark
On Free, exports carry a small Made with Doodly Doodle mark 1 with the app's bird logo, in the bottom-right corner, on a soft light backing so it reads on any painting. It is about 3–4% of the picture's shorter edge. Every exported image, video, GIF, PNG-sequence frame, lenticular frame and book page carries it. A PSD gets it as its own top layer, named Made with Doodly Doodle, so you can see it and hide it like any layer. A soundtrack has none. The mark is added to the exported file only: your painting never changes.
The sheet shows the mark before you export, with Remove the mark with Plus, which opens Free and Plus. Every format, size, length and frame rate works in Free.
Plus: Exports without the mark. Compare Free and Plus.
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