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XD files, explained
Straight answers for life after Adobe XD.
- Open an XD file without Adobe XDDrop the .xd file above. Every artboard appears, with layers, sizes, colours and text, and nothing leaves your computer.
- Turn an XD file into a PDFOpen the .xd file above, check the artboards look right, then save them all as one PDF, one page each.
- Export XD artboards as SVG or PNGOpen the .xd file above, open any artboard and save it as SVG or PNG. One at a time is free.
- Moving an XD design into FigmaAfterboard doesn’t make .fig files. It gives you clean SVGs of every artboard, which Figma imports as editable layers.
- Adobe XD is discontinued. What now?Your .xd files don’t stop working. Here’s how to keep reading them and how to get the designs out while it’s easy.
- View XD files on Windows, Mac, Chromebook and LinuxAny current browser opens .xd files on this page: Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, on any computer.
- Developer handoff from an XD file, without XDOpen the .xd file above, click any layer for its exact specs, and export the whole design system as spreadsheets.