Digital Asset Export & Creative Client Handoff Checklist

# Digital Asset Export & Creative Client Handoff Checklist A pre-flight verification checklist for graphic designers and agencies packaging visual assets for client delivery. Every step links to a privacy-first browser tool running in local tab memory. --- ## 🎨 Phase 1: Asset Preparation & Canvas Adjustments - [ ] **Framing & Aspect Ratio**: Check aspect ratios and canvas boundaries for hero banners, social cards, and thumbnails using [/image/editor](/image/editor). - [ ] **Orientation & Crop**: Verify 90-degree rotations and precise pixel cropping on client-supplied photography with [/image/editor](/image/editor). - [ ] **Background Isolation**: Remove distracting backdrops and verify clean transparency alpha channels on product photography using [/image/background-remover](/image/background-remover). --- ## ⚡ Phase 2: Format Conversion & Compression Optimization - [ ] **Modern Web Formats**: Convert raw graphics into lightweight WebP and optimized PNGs using [/image/optimize](/image/optimize). - [ ] **File Size Budgets**: Confirm that hero images remain under ~300 KB and inline cards stay under ~100 KB to maintain fast webpage loading speeds. - [ ] **Transparency Integrity**: Confirm that PNG and WebP assets with transparent backgrounds retain crisp edges without halos or jagged pixel fringe. --- ## 📑 Phase 3: Client Review & Proof Distribution - [ ] **PDF Proof Sheet Assembly**: Compile exported brand variations, colorways, and layout mockups into a single presentation proof using [/pdf/images-to-pdf](/pdf/images-to-pdf). - [ ] **Style Guide Extraction**: Extract specific typography or icon pages from larger agency brand guidelines with [/pdf/extract-pages](/pdf/extract-pages). - [ ] **Client Handoff Package**: Package finalized raster assets, proof sheets, and release notes into a clean deliverable folder.