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One unique feature of Zeplin’s plugin on Sketch is that you can export text styles directly to a project or styleguide. In the top menu bar on Sketch, select “Zeplin” then “Export Text Styles” to export only the text styles in your file to a project or styleguide. Exporting colors from Sketch. Sketch mockups can be exported to Zeplin in a few easy steps. Whenever you download the Zeplin Mac app it will pre-install the sketch plugin for you. Learn how to install the Sketch plugin manually. Normally when you download the Zeplin Mac app and launch it, the Sketch plugin should be installed automatically if you have Sketch installed in your Mac.
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Go beyond specs. With Zeplin, you can publish finalized designs from Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD and Photoshop.
Developers get a 'locked' design to build from, while designers can iterate on the next great release.
Zeplin is the source of truth for finalized designs, if it’s not in Zeplin it won’t be in the shipped product.
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Zeplin also helps the team collaborate by providing much needed organization and structure to native design files.
Zeplin provides an inclusive workspace where team members from varying disciplines like product managers, UX writers and more can come together to deliver on designs.
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With the Zeplin open API and webhooks, you can also create custom workflows to support your specific needs.
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Exporting assets from a Sketch design in Zeplin is quite straightforward. After selecting a layer in your Sketch file, select “Make Exportable” from the bottom-right of the screen.
After this is selected, Zeplin will generate all the necessary images with different scales and formats automatically, tailored to the platform you’re designing for; Web, iOS, Android, or macOS.
Assets with transparent padding
In a lot of cases, you might need to export your icons with padding around them, to keep everything neat. Let’s say you have 36px ⨉ 36px icon but you want to export it as a 48px ⨉ 48px image with a transparent background.
This is where Sketch’s “Slice” feature comes in:
Draw a slice around the icon.
Group the slice and the layer(s) together.
Here’s the cool part, select the slice and check “Export Group Contents Only”:
Keeping Groups Together
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Zeplin normally displays all the layers in your Sketch file, even if they’re grouped. At some point, you might want to keep some groups together, as a single layer. After selecting the layer, use the shortcut “Cmd + Shift + X”. You can also do this through the menu: “Plugins > Zeplin > Utilities > Exclude Sublayers”.
☝️You can also add “-g-” in front of your layer names, which is what the Exclude Sublayers option does automatically.
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