Importing Sketch Files into Studio – Bynder Support

In order to save time and resources, designers can import Sketch files directly to the DAM and files are automatically converted to a Studio design format. These source files can then be accessed and edited within Studio. Elements can be locked and the design can be saved as a template, for even more time saving.

Things to note prior to uploading:

The Sketch importer will support non, single, and multi-artboard files. Multi-artboard files will be imported as separate designs.
The Sketch files need to be uploaded to DAM first, and can be selected using the compact view.
The Sketch files need to be set to public in the DAM

Tip

You can do this upon upload
Use the RGB color profile. CMYK files are not supported.

Note

Bynder supports a max resolution of 4K and a file size of 2 GB.

Who can upload design files

Studio Admin
Content Creator

How to create a design from a Sketch file

Navigate to Studio.
Click on + New design. in the top right corner and select Import design.
Click on Select Sketch file.
Navigate or search to find the file that you’d like to import and click Add asset.
Once the imported file is analyzed, click Create Design.

Layers & Elements

Give a unique name to your layers in Sketch, so that you can easily recognize them in Bynder. In Studio we make use of the same names.

Note

Groups, Opacity, Shapes, Masks, and Locking are supported.

Normal text layers are supported
- Skewed text or text that is vertically positioned is not supported
- All horizontal alignment is supported
All text needs to be in metrics, optical kerning is not supported
You can only use one font/style per text frame
- If you want to use two different text styles, make sure to create two separate text frames. ie one for the header text and one for the body text.
Note

Bynder supports the following font format: TTF
- The font files used in the Sketch file need to be uploaded to Bynder separately.
  
  Please contact your Customer Success Manager if you want to upload additional fonts

Effects

Effects are not supported in Studio. Make sure that there are no effects applied to your images. Images should not be flipped or rotated.

Blend Modes

You can apply one of the 16 supported blend modes to an image, shape or text layer.

When uploading your template to Bynder the supported blend modes are automatically imported and applied to the appropriate layer.

Learn more about blend modes here

Artboard Backgrounds

You can assign a background color to the template.

If a background color is not set, the background in the generated output files will be white.

Note

Gradient colors are not supported. The opacity of the background color should always be set to 100%.

Shapes

Shapes are supported