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Export a PDF or a video

Turn a finished project into a page-by-page PDF, a story video, or a portable project archive — and what to do when export fails.

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Free Free on every plan

  1. Open the project and tap Export

    From Projects, open the book you want, then tap Export & share. The screen offers PDF, video, and editable project formats.

  2. Choose a format

    • PDF book — one generated cover and one portrait PDF page per story page.
    • Story video (MP4) — still pages show for two seconds or the length of their narration; page videos use the selected clip, up to 30 seconds.
    • Editable project (.ddstory) — pages and source media for backup or moving to another device. Previously exported PDF and MP4 files are not included.

    Tip. All three export formats are free. Selectable paper sizes and commercial-print bleed are not available yet.

  3. Check sound before exporting

    Open each page’s Sound screen to preview narration, choose whether to include the page video’s sound, and set its levels. Story music is set once for the whole project. For video, choose portrait 9:16, landscape 16:9, or square 1:1, then check crop and fit. Choose whether to show page text and whether to export an optional subtitle file. Trim a video in the page editor when you want a shorter clip.

  4. Wait for the render

    Video export is the slowest thing the app does, because it renders every frame on your device. A ten-page book with narration takes a few minutes on a mid-range phone. Keep the app in the foreground while it works.

  5. Share or save

    When it finishes, the file opens in your phone’s normal share sheet. Save it to Files, send it to a printer, email it, or post it wherever you like. The app does not upload it anywhere on your behalf.

What ends up in the video

Underneath the visual track, the app mixes:

  • each page video’s own sound, at that page’s position on the timeline;
  • each page’s narration in full — a still photo’s page stretches to fit the recording rather than cutting it off;
  • your story music, looped across the whole thing.

If you turned on Lower music under narration, the music drops so the voice stays clear.

Works on Android and iOS Audio mixing ships on both platforms, using each one’s native media pipeline. PDF export is identical everywhere.

Printing at home

The current portrait PDF works well for reading on a device and can be printed at home with your PDF viewer’s fit-to-page option. It is not a commercial-print file: there is no selectable paper size, crop marks, or bleed.

Printing properly

Coming soon Ordering a real bound hardcover of a finished project directly from the app is in development. If you want to be told when it arrives, email support@doodledragon.app.

If export fails

See export problems. The most common causes are not enough free storage on the device and backgrounding the app mid-render.