Export the Sheet
Lesson 6 of 6 · Intermediate · 5 min
What you will make
A transparent 64 by 16 PNG, plus a project backup you can reopen.
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Confirm the gaps between cells are transparent, export a 64 by 16 PNG, and download your project backup.
Open a 64 × 16 practice canvas with lesson examples and onion skin enabled. Your work saves automatically to My projects.
Starter files and backup import
Follow the steps
Verify transparency across every cell, then export at 1x.
Start with: The checked four-cell strip from lesson four.
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Look at the gaps between cells
The 16-pixel gaps must show the checkerboard. A white column between cells means a background got painted, and every frame will carry that seam.
Transparent gaps between all four cells.
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Verify the width after export
Export, then reopen the file and confirm it is still 64 by 16. A tool that rescales on export silently breaks the grid.
A sheet whose dimensions survived the export.
- 3
Export at 1x
Take the native 64 by 16 file. Scaled exports are for final presentation; the asset an engine slices should be the original.
A 64 by 16 transparent PNG.
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Download the project backup
Save a project file too. The PNG cannot be re-animated; the project can, and it keeps your palette.
A PNG for the engine and a project you can keep working in.
See the technique
The same finished sheet
Nothing changes, this is a check
Learning notes and references
- Check the gaps between cells are transparent, not white.
- Confirm no cell is offset after export.
- Export at native size and keep an editable backup.