Print your family tree as a PDF, SVG, or PNG

Draw My Tree draws the tree; printing it is an export. Open the Export button on the rail, pick a format, pick a scope, optionally add a watermark, and click export. A live preview shows what you'll get. Files download to your computer; Draw My Tree doesn't keep a copy on its servers.

If you're building as a guest without an account, export is limited to a watermarked PNG. A free account adds full-fidelity JSON. SVG, PDF, full-resolution images, and the option to turn the watermark off come with the Family Plan, or with a one-time Keepsake Export bought for a single tree from its Export panel, which unlocks those formats for that tree for good.

Which format to print from

PDF: vector, prints beautifully, and you can drop it into any document or email. Best for printable family trees, especially large ones. If you're printing a wall-sized tree at a print shop, this is the format to send them.
SVG: a vector image. Scales to any size without losing sharpness. Best when you're not sure how big a recipient will print it, or when a printer or design tool asks for it. Most browsers can open SVGs directly.
PNG: a regular image. Good for posting on social media or sending in a chat. Bitmap, so it gets blurry if scaled up beyond its export size.
JPEG: like PNG but smaller files and slightly lower quality. Use when file size matters.

Sizes

A vector PDF or SVG has no fixed size, so the size is chosen when it is printed rather than when it is exported.

Letter or A4 at home: print with "fit to page". Two or three generations read well; for more, print one branch per page using the viewport scope below.
Tabloid or A3: four generations fit comfortably on a home or office printer.
Poster or wall chart: send the PDF to a print shop or an online poster printer and ask for the width you want. The cards stay crisp at any width because the file is vector.

To get more onto one sheet, hide photos or dates on the cards so they shrink, collapse the branches you are not printing, or use a focus filter to show one line.

Scope: viewport or full tree

Viewport: exports only what's currently visible on the canvas. Use this when you've zoomed and panned to a specific branch and just want that part.
Full tree: exports everything, regardless of zoom and pan. Use this for the canonical, complete view.

Look: current, or any preset

The Look dropdown re-themes the export without touching the tree on screen. Leave it on Current look to export exactly what you see, or pick any built-in or saved preset to export the same tree in that style; the live preview updates with it, so you can try a few before committing.

Almost everything the preset carries comes through: colors, fonts, name weight, name format, card shape, borders, accents, edges, the marriage and family glyphs, the generation overlay, and the canvas background and pattern.

Six settings stay with the tree on screen instead: card layout, hide photo, card size, date format, hide birth date, and hide death date. Those six decide the shape of the card box everything was laid out against (the date settings by changing how many date rows a card has), and a themed export reuses the positions from the canvas, so taking them from a preset would draw a re-planned card into a box the wrong shape for it. Change those on the tree itself if you want them in the export.

Watermarks

Toggle Include Draw My Tree watermark on to add a small Draw My Tree brand mark to PNG, JPEG, SVG, and PDF exports. It's subtle, sits in a corner, and is a polite way to credit the tool when you share publicly. On the Family Plan, or on a tree with a Keepsake Export, the toggle is yours; guest and free-account exports are watermarked either way.

Before you hand it out

A print can contain names, dates and stories about living people, and the privacy protection that hides living relatives applies to public share links, not to a file you export. Review the print; hide dates on the cards if that is the concern.