Pretzel) you are saving so it can easily be found when someone downloads your graphics and save it to your desktop. Save the file as the specific name of the graphic (i.e. Make sure the transparency box is selected. Underneath PNG-24 you will notice that there is an option to have your background be transparent. Your file is likely a JPG file, but you want to change your file to a PNG-24 file. You will notice to the right of your picture there is a preset section.

Take one graphic at a time and place it on your artboard. You also want to save each graphic individually so your readers who don’t have design software can still use the designs. This allows anyone who doesn’t have Illustrator but has a different, compatible design software to open your file. You also need to change the format of the file to an. I always save my graphics to my desktop because they are easier to find when I need to upload them to the web. Since my graphics were made for a New York pattern I am working on I decided to call this New York. The first thing you want to do once you are done with your graphics is go to file and click save.Ĭhange the name of your file to something that describes your graphics. I typically include the original file so if my reader decides to include my graphics in a pattern or logo design they can still work with vector graphics. Something you have to decide during this process is whether or not you want your readers to have the original file of your graphics so they can edit the file or if you don’t your graphics to be edited. So I have 3 graphics that I want to save for the web. This tutorial will follow my process from saving your files in Adobe Illustrator to uploading them on the web. If you follow my blog you probably already know how this story ends because eventually, I was able to figure out how to upload the Illustrator files and have been uploading free graphics to my blog every Friday. I had tried this once before, however, WordPress, as well as many other websites, do not allow you to upload illustrator files to the web. A while back I wanted to increase the traffic on my blog and was given the advice to start offering freebies on my website.

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