No DPI resolution in export file when export for screens
When export I use export for screen, there is no DPI resolution in the exported files.
Illustrator 21.1.0 - macOS
1. Create a new document
2. Create a simple element like a rectangle with 200 x 200 pixel
3. Set the document size to 200 x 200 pixel
4. Export it for screens
5. Generate 3 diffrent files with the scale factor of 29, 58 and 87 pixel
6. Save / Export the files
7. Open the file in preview or Photoshop
8. You can see that the images doesn't contain any DPI information
Horst Jehle
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I am almost sure the team believes it's an intended way to do this.
Changing the scaling of the asset / artboard won’t change the scaling of the resolution, since no resolution is written into these. The Export for Screens methods just don’t write it AT ALL — and never did. Exporting for SCREEN suggests the images will be used for screen purposes, and screens don’t really care about the resolution coefficient, since images get displayed AS IS, without fitting some number of pixels into an inch.If you wish to have resolution written, you should use the older Export As dialog, which deals with it and writes it.
So it’s hardly a bug, but rather a feature request — to make another export method that allows to have all benefits Export for Screens have compared with Export As, but also respecting print media, which cares about resolution. Do you agree?
