export bitmaps at original resolution and resize in code?

[awt2542]

what if bitmaps were exported at at their original resolution and resized in framer so we can scale them up/down without loss of quality. this would be similar to how Sketch itself handles bitmaps.

downsides: larger exports and potential problems with the scaling algoritms?

[bomberstudios]

Let me rephrase this, to check if I'm getting your idea correctly (I think I understood it wrong on Twitter : )

What you're saying is:

• say I have a 1200x800px JPG
• I import the file in Sketch by dragging it on the canvas, creating a bitmap layer (let's call it "header_photo.png")
• I resize the header to 300x200, because that's what I need for my design
• when exporting the document to Framer, I should set the size in the HTML view as 300x200, but I export a 1200x800px header_photo.png

Is that right?

In any case: I'm not sure I can access to he original dimensions of a bitmap layer. I'll have to play a bit with it and see what comes out.

For the record: what I understood on Twitter was: "just export everything at 2x size", that's easy to do : )

[awt2542]

You're right, but 2x would probably be enough for most cases. Maybe one could make two ways to export in 2x?

1. Export in 2x and treat dimensions in framer as 2x
   • eg. rectangle in Sketch is 15x15px, exports as 30x30px and is treated in code as 30x30px
2. Export in 2x and treat dimensions in framer as 1x
   • eg. rectangle in Sketch is 15x15px, exports as 30x30px and is treated in code as 15x15px