Everything on the canvas is media: an image, an SVG, a page from a PDF, or a text box. You can mix them freely on one canvas, and each is independently movable, resizable and rotatable.
What you can add
| Type | Formats | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Image | JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP | The common case. Start with the largest version you have. |
| SVG | .svg | Stays sharp at any size, and can be recolored in the app. |
| PDF page | .pdf | Each page is offered separately — see below. |
| Text | typed in the app | See adding and styling text. |
Ways to add media
Each media type has its own button — add image, add SVG, add PDF, add text — and each opens the matching picker. That is the same on every platform.
- The add buttons open your device's file or photo picker.
- Drag and drop a file onto the canvas in the browser and desktop apps.
- Paste with Cmd/Ctrl + V in the browser. This takes an image from your computer's clipboard — a file copied in Finder or Explorer, a screenshot, an image copied from another app — as well as media you copied inside Docuslice. If both are on the clipboard, the file you copied outside wins, since that is the one you just did.
Everything arrives through a selection step
Imports do not land on the canvas immediately. Whichever route you use, and whatever the file type, you get a selection screen listing what you brought in. Everything is ticked by default; untick what you do not want, and choose where it goes — onto the current poster, or as new pages.
That is what makes a multi-page PDF manageable, and it is also why dropping ten photos at once is not chaos.
Importing a PDF
A PDF is not added as a single object. Docuslice opens the file, reads every page, and presents them in that same selection step as individually selectable items.
That means:
- One page from the middle of a report is as easy to place as the first one.
- Pages can be positioned and scaled independently once they are on the canvas.
- Every page arrives pre-ticked, so untick the ones you do not want. A one-page PDF skips the selection step and goes straight onto the canvas.
The original PDF is kept, not just the preview. What you see on the canvas is a rasterized preview of the page, but the file's true vector content is retained, so a vector PDF export can embed the real vector page rather than a picture of it. Text stays selectable and lines stay crisp at any print size.
On Android and iOS the original is stored with the project and survives reopening it. In the browser and desktop apps it is held for the session only, so re-import the PDF if you have reloaded the page since — the same session limit that applies to the project itself.
Importing an SVG
SVGs are resolution-independent, so they are the best possible source for a large print: an SVG logo at three metres wide is exactly as sharp as at three centimetres.
SVGs are limited to 2 MB and 5,000 elements. Past either, the import fails and the app says so rather than adding a broken object. If that happens, simplify the file in your drawing tool, or export it as a high-resolution PNG and add that instead.
SVGs added to the canvas can be recolored in the app without going back to the original file.
Choosing a source image for a big print
The size you print at is decided by you; the detail available is decided by the file. A 900-pixel-wide photo blown up to a metre wide will look soft no matter which settings you choose afterwards.
- Use the original file rather than a copy from a chat app or a social feed, which are recompressed.
- Prefer SVG or PDF for anything vector — logos, diagrams, type, patterns.
- If the only file you have is small, AI enhancement can add plausible detail before you print. The app flags an image that is likely to look blurry at your chosen size and offers it.
- The full explanation of what resolution is enough: blurry or pixelated prints.