Do I need a paid plan to export?

Anyone can order a printed book; you pay for the book. The PDF is included with **Basic** and the film with **Pro**. On a plan without them, the pane shows what each one includes and how to unlock it.

Can I close the page while my film is being made?

Yes. It keeps going without you, and we email you when it is ready. It will also be waiting in **Your exports**.

Why is my film marked Older version?

You changed the album after it was made, so it no longer matches. Press **Re-create** to make a new one. The old one stays in the list until then.

How many copies can I order at once?

Up to ten in one order. The price on the button is always the total for all of them.

Can people I share the album with export it?

Someone who opens your album from a share link can look through it, but the Export button is not there for them.

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November 8, 2026

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Print it, play it, keep it: everything you can make from your album

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An album is finished when you can hold it, play it or send it. Everything you can make from a Sustain album is now in one place: the Export pane.

It opens beside the album, so the book stays in view while you choose. Order the printed book, watch the album as a film, read every page as a PDF, and find everything you made before, without leaving the page.

Open the Export pane

Open any album and press Export at the top right. The pane slides in beside the book and opens on Order print.

The pane has four parts: Order print, Video, PDF and Your exports. The one you are in fills the pane, and the other three wait as buttons along the bottom. Press one to switch.

The Sustain viewer with the wedding album’s cover as a 3D book on the left and the Export pane open on the right, after the Export button at the top right was pressed

Order the printed book

Choose where it goes

Pick a country in Ship to. The prices change to that country’s currency and to what printing and delivery cost there. Prices are for the book; shipping is added at checkout.

Choose the book

Each format shows its own price. If your album is too short for a format, the pane says how many more pages it needs, for example Add 6 more pages, instead of letting you order a book that cannot be printed.

Choose how many

Use + and − next to Quantity to order up to ten copies at once — one for you, one for each set of grandparents. The button always shows the total, for example Order 2 books · $90.72.

Order

Press the button to go to checkout. Nothing is charged until you pay there.

The book comes first

If you changed the album since it was last prepared, the viewer first builds the 3D book again, page by page. The print options and prices appear as soon as it is ready, so what you see is exactly what will be printed.

Watch your album as a film

Open Video and press Create the video. Sustain turns the album into a film: pages turn in 3D, photos move gently, and it is set to music, in Full HD.

Making a film takes a few minutes. You can close the page — it keeps going, and we email you when it is ready. When it is, press Watch and it plays right where the book was. Download saves the file, ready to send to everyone.

A film of every album is included with Pro.

The album’s film playing in the viewer where the book was: the gold wedding cover under shafts of light, with the Video part of the Export pane beside it

Read every page as a PDF

Open PDF and press Create the PDF. You get every page at print quality — to read, to keep, or to print at home.

Press View to read it right in the viewer, with a page number box and zoom, or Download to save it. A PDF of every album is included with Basic.

Give it a moment

Print quality means big pages. In a long album the first pages can take a little while to appear in the viewer — they are loading, not missing.

The album’s PDF open in the viewer at page 2 of 16, showing the bride from behind at the ceremony, with the PDF part of the Export pane beside it

Find everything you made

Your exports lists every film, PDF and 3D book you made of this album, newest first, each with its date and a status: Ready, In progress, or Failed with Try again.

When you change the album after making a film or a PDF, the old one is marked Older version. The pane tells you the album changed and offers Re-create, and you can still View the previous one.

The Your exports part of the Export pane listing 10 files: a print-quality PDF, an album video and eight 3D books, each marked Ready

The same pane on your phone

The iPhone and Android apps have the same four parts, in the same order. On iPhone the button is Export; on Android it is Download & Print. A print order on either phone continues in the app’s own checkout.

Your exports on an iPhone and on an Android phone side by side, both listing the same 10 files for the wedding album

Save first

Films, PDFs and printed books are all made from the saved album. If an album was never saved, the pane says This album has not been saved yet and offers Open in editor: press Save there, then come back.

If you have unsaved changes in the editor, the pane reminds you that exports use the last saved version.

Frequently asked questions

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Open your album

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