: Export Multiple Artboards to Pngs Named after the Artboard Without the Filename Prepended Given the following setup: File: SomeFilename.ai Which contains artboards named: Artboard_01

@Reiling762

Why don't you just do a simple file rename of all your files in folder using command prompt after you've saved your PNGs?

ren "Prefix_*.png" "///////*.png


Mind that you have to type as many "/" as there are characters in your prefix (including underscore).


Note: This command can be executed on Windows OS in command prompt.

Subnote: I know this has been answered several times— I'm just adding this answer so others can use this super simple command instead of using complicated cmd scripts or batch files.

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@Sarah814

I guess Marc Edwards' answer does the trick but if you want to stick to artboards instead of slices you can use this script that does exactly what you're looking for: www.ericson.net/content/2011/06/export-illustrator-layers-andor-artboards-as-pngs-and-pdfs/

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@Ravi4787994

If you use slices in Illustrator, rather than artboards, you can specify exact file names for the export. Just set up a big single artboard and add all your elements as if you were building a sprite sheet, then use Save for Web to export everything in one pass.

Adobe Illustrator: Slices and image maps

Some other reasons to use slices over artboards:


Slices snap to the pixel grid. Artboards don't.
You can only have 100 artboards in a document. Slices don't have that limit.


For file renaming, I usually set up Automator workflows. You could even set up Automator workflows on a per project basis, so renaming and moving can happen with a single click, or even a folder action. In fact, you could probably add it as a build phase in Xcode?

I assume you'll need to rename your @2x files anyway, unless you have the artwork in Illustrator at both sizes?

Also, I'd be a little careful when using Illustrator for UI design work. Its shape antialiasing has some issues, and gradients can't be dithered. This means your artwork can be considerably lower standard than if you'd created it in Photoshop or Fireworks.

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@Smith574

Just for fun, on Mac OS, open Terminal

cd folder


tips : you can drag in terminal window the target folder

ls


to list file and check if it's the good place

for f in *.png; do mv "$f" "${f/SomeFilename_/}"; done


look in Finder

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@Jennifer810

You have Bridge, if you have Illustrator. Batch Rename is built into Bridge and will do that task for you quite easily after you've exported the art boards.

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