Export

Name: Rive 101 - Export
Uploaded: 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
Description: Learn the various export workflows in Rive, including runtime binary files, backup source files, web share links, community publishing, and traditional video/sequence rendering configurations.

4m 25sPublished Oct 21, 2025Partial+3 changes

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SummaryVersion Notes (Draft)

Core Educational Objective: Master the multi-dimensional export ecosystem in Rive, clearly differentiating deliverables designated for runtime engines, creative backups, or traditional media presentation.
Background Pain Points: In the delivery phase, motion designers often confuse asset formats (such as inadvertently handing off heavy edit-ready source files to developers) or overlook the fact that traditional video rendering strips away State Machine interactions, resulting in misaligned project outcomes.
Final Business Benefit: Standardize project handoff protocols. Leverage ultra-lightweight .riv files for high-performance cross-platform vector rendering at runtime; use .rev files for inner-team file syncing; and selectively employ interactive Share Links or standard raster rendering to maintain complete technical compatibility.

Core Hand-off Distinctions:
- .riv: Compressed, compiled binary bytecode optimized for runtime rendering engines; layout parameters and source histories are unrecoverable from it.
- .rev: Full edit-ready source design archive for internal iteration and backup.
State Machine vs. Rasterization Behavior: Offline rasterization tools (Video/GIF output) operate on a linear timeline player. Because the State Machine is an event-driven, non-linear computing environment, offline render loops cannot parse or register custom interactive input data.
Marketplace Visibility Risks: Anything published to the official Marketplace fully exposes its underlying constraints, bone structure, and rigging node tree to all users. For commercial pipelines or NDA-restricted brand work, restrict handoffs to secure runtime .riv configurations or unindexed embed links.
FPS & Bitrate Mechanics: Rive runtime graphics support dynamic, variable frame rates up to 120+ FPS at runtime. Conversely, offline video recording locks the vector paths down to rasterized, static resolutions. Leaving the Bitrate on Auto generally ensures clean anti-aliased edge vectors without inflating file sizes.

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2024.8Download → Export

Button renamed.

2024.8GIF Matte

GIF export Matte option.

2024.11.rev for all

.rev available for all plans.

📌 Key Points

Export .riv/.rev, share links, video/image/GIF export, batch export.

📝 Notes

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Step by Step

00:00:04

Export for Runtime:

Click the Export button in the top right and choose "Export for runtime" to generate an optimized, ultra-compact .riv binary file. This file type is designed specifically for web pages, applications, and game engines, making it the industry-standard asset to deliver to developers.
00:00:47

Backup and Design Collaboration Export:

Click the top-left menu dropdown, navigate to Export, and select .rev format. This format contains the uncompressed source data, layered structure, and reversible history, serving as the official project handoff format for other creative designers.
00:01:19

Generate a Share Link:

Select the appropriate Artboard and target animation timeline, then click to generate a Share Link from the upper-right dashboard. This link allows anyone to view and interact with your responsive vector graphics live within a web browser without plugins.
00:01:44

Configure Advanced Sharing Options:

Within the Share Link dialogue, choose between a standard review link, an iframe-based Embed Link, clean raw Embed Code, or a dedicated layout component optimized for Framer websites.
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Publish to Marketplace:

Input a title and project description to publish the source file directly onto the public Rive Community space. Users can comment, like, open your file in their own editors to inspect the hierarchy tree, and even create a fork/remix of your file.
00:02:46

Add to Render Queue:

For traditional video presentations or linear media deliverables, navigate to the top-left file dropdown menu and select "Add to Render Queue" to initiate offline rasterization.
00:02:54

Calibrate Fundamental Render Settings:

Double-check that the correct artboard is targeted, the system mode is set to Animation (rather than static Design mode), and the desired Timeline is active.
00:03:00

Adjust Raster Media Parameters:

Select your output format (Video, PNG sequence, GIF, WebM, or SVG sequence) and manually dial in frame rate limits (e.g., 60 FPS), loop repetition count, bit rate overrides, and local pixel resolution sizes.
00:03:33

Execute Render and Download Asset:

Click the play icon on the render queue item to trigger cloud rendering. Once moved to the "Completed" tab, hit Download to pull the finalized media file onto local storage.
00:03:58

Technical Limitations Wrap-up:

The instructor closes with a vital architectural note: exporting to video, GIF, or static images only rasterizes one single linear timeline at a time; any conditional trigger logic, inputs, or branches configured inside the State Machine will be stripped from the video asset. For showcasing full app-like interactions, a Share Link must be utilized instead.