InVision Customers:
Just a friendly reminder that InVision services will shut down on December 31, 2024. The full announcement from last month is available here.
Here are a few FAQs that we think you may find helpful:
How do I export my documents?
- Prototypes: Check out this article for instructions on how to export your prototypes.
- Freehands: Check out this article for instructions on how to export your Freehands.
- Boards & specs (V7): We recommend converting those documents to Freehand first. You will then be able to export the Freehand document to a PNG image.
- Boards (V6): To export your V6 boards, follow the steps in this article.
- Assets (V6): To export your V6 assets, follow the steps in this article.
- DSM libraries: DSM content cannot be exported in full from your published library. Our recommendation is to back up the local Sketch source file used to create your library. If you’d like to download icons only, check out this article.
What’s your recommended alternative for Freehands?
Our Freehand visual collaboration product was acquired by Miro. Miro has exciting plans for Freehand and will be communicating with Freehand customers directly moving forward. Miro offers capabilities built for all stages of innovation, hundreds of templates, and it connects with over 130+ apps to align your team in one scalable, secure workspace. For more information and to sign up, visit this page.
Miro is currently developing a data migration service that will help you migrate your Freehand documents to Miro to be launched in summer 2024, however, for now, you’d need to export each of your documents and add those manually to Miro.
What’s your recommended alternative for prototyping?
Miro also has integrations with Figma so for all of the functionality you were leveraging between prototypes and Freehand, Figma and Miro is a great option.
Is there a bulk export option?
Unfortunately, a bulk export is not available, so you’ll need to export each document one by one. Please note that our Support team will not be able to export documents on your behalf. If you’re exporting a large number of documents, we recommend using our document filters to organize your documents by last created, viewed, or updated date.
Please review our FAQs and next steps for more information and to prepare for the end of services.
Thank you,
Michael Shenkman
CEO, InVision App, Inc
UPDATE APRIL 15, 2024: via Mario Tacke and his team at OutVision:
Out of frustration with our own export needs, my co-founder James and I built a service (“OutVision”, invisionbulkexport.com) to help others get their data off the platform before it shuts down for good by the end of the year. If you find yourself with any appreciable amount of documents in your InVision account, we’d love to help out.
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Hi Joe, thanks for sharing the announcement. InVision was a marvel when it came out; I remember it fondly. Almost over night, every design and programmer team seemed to have adopted it into their workflow. Sad to see it go honestly… I think InVision really dropped the ball on customers when they specifically stated that no bulk export exists and support will not assist you with it.
Out of frustration with our own export needs, my co-founder James and I built a service (“OutVision”, http://invisionbulkexport.com) to help others get their data off the platform before it shuts down for good by the end of the year. If you find yourself with any appreciable amount of documents in your InVision account, we’d love to help out.
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