# Exporting image from iosCanvas

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/exporting-image-from-ioscanvas/53401>\
**Category:** iOS\
**Created:** [April 21, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/exporting-image-from-ioscanvas/53401 "2020-04-21T20:32:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Etienne\_Pilon1](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/etienne_pilon1/32/4362_2.png) [@Etienne\_Pilon1](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Etienne_Pilon1)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/exporting-image-from-ioscanvas/53401/1 "2020-04-21T20:32:06Z")

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hi,  
i have a draw (from pointerdown, pointerdrag) that i want to export to jpg or png from an iosCanvas…

how ? ios documentations is a little bit empty…

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**Author:** ![Jason\_King](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jason\_King](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jason_King)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/exporting-image-from-ioscanvas/53401/2 "2020-04-21T21:17:35Z")

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Presumably you have a dataset tracking where to draw that you use in the canvas paint event. Just reference that again and draw to the graphics context of a picture instead of the canvas graphics object

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**Author:** ![Etienne\_Pilon1](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/etienne_pilon1/32/4362_2.png) [@Etienne\_Pilon1](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Etienne_Pilon1)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/exporting-image-from-ioscanvas/53401/3 "2020-04-22T16:02:22Z")

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Thanks Jason 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/exporting-image-from-ioscanvas/53401/4 "2021-04-29T16:22:16Z")

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