Save a KeyNote Object

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Save a KeyNote Object

Hi

Can anyone suggest a method to save only an object built in Keynote as a jpg or a gif?

For example: Say I develop a colored, rounded button with some text on it. How would I save just this button?

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Posted on Mar 31, 2007 9:29 PM

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Answer 1

Tulse

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Mar 31, 2007 10:04 PM in response to Geoff Sheehan1

You can copy the object, open Preview, and in the File menu choose "New from Clipboard" -- this will plop your object into a Preview window. From here, you can save the object in various image formats, including PDF, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, etc. Do note that it looks like transparent parts of the object are preserved only in the PDF format, and that other formats (including those that should support transparency, like GIF) see a white background in transparent areas. (If you copy and then paste into a new Photoshop document, you can get rid of this background.)

Another option would be to take a cropped screen shot (Command-Shift-4). If transparent areas are a problem, and the item is to go on a solid background, you could give the object the appropriate background colour in Keynote, and then take a screenshot with that background.

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Answer 2

Mar 31, 2007 10:11 PM in response to Tulse

Thanks mate.

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