diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index db530e7..0740659 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -2,14 +2,31 @@
 import { ref } from 'vue';
 import VueDraw from './components/VueDraw.vue'
 import type { Settings, Crop } from './types'
+import { toCanvas } from './utils/toCanvas';
+import { toImgSrc } from './utils/toImgSrc';
+
 const settings = ref<Settings>()
+const crop = ref<Crop>()
+const canvasRef = ref()
+const imgSrc = ref<string>()
+const vueDrawRef = ref()
+
 function onCrop(crop: Crop | undefined) {
   console.log(crop)
 }
+
+async function save() {
+  imgSrc.value = await toImgSrc(vueDrawRef.value.svgRef, crop.value)
+  toCanvas(vueDrawRef.value.svgRef, canvasRef, crop.value)
+}
+
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <vue-draw class="vue-draw" @crop="onCrop"></vue-draw>
+  <vue-draw ref="vueDrawRef" v-model:crop="crop" class="vue-draw" @crop="onCrop"></vue-draw>
+  <button @click="save">Save</button>
+  <canvas ref="canvasRef"></canvas>
+  <img v-if="imgSrc" :src="imgSrc" />
 </template>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/src/components/SvgShape.vue b/src/components/SvgShape.vue
index 7d8c926..89e3b1f 100644
--- a/src/components/SvgShape.vue
+++ b/src/components/SvgShape.vue
@@ -17,12 +17,3 @@ const props = defineProps<{
     <line v-if="shape.type === 'arrow'" :x1="shape.x1" :y1="shape.y1" :x2="shape.x2" :y2="shape.y2"
         :stroke="shape.color" :stroke-width="shape.thickness" :marker-end="`url(#${getArrowId(shape)})`" />
 </template>
-
-<style scoped>
-rect,
-line {
-    stroke-linecap: round;
-    stroke-linejoin: round;
-    fill-opacity: 0;
-}
-</style>
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diff --git a/src/components/VueDraw.vue b/src/components/VueDraw.vue
index 066efe8..1b188f7 100644
--- a/src/components/VueDraw.vue
+++ b/src/components/VueDraw.vue
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import SvgShape from './SvgShape.vue';
 const emit = defineEmits<{
     (e: 'crop', crop: Crop | undefined): void
 }>()
+
 const settings = defineModel<Settings>("settings", {
     default: () => ({
         tool: "line",
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ const crop = defineModel<Crop>("crop", { default: undefined })
 const container = ref()
 const svgRef = ref()
 const activeShape = ref<Shape | undefined>()
+
+defineExpose({
+    svgRef,
+    container
+})
+
 function updateActiveShape() {
     if (settings.value.tool === 'rectangle') {
         activeShape.value = {
@@ -130,6 +137,18 @@ const arrowMarkers = computed(() =>
                     <polygon points="0,5 1.7,2.5 0,0 5,2.5" :fill="marker.color"></polygon>
                 </marker>
             </defs>
+            <svg:style>
+                rect,
+                line {
+                stroke-linecap: round;
+                stroke-linejoin: round;
+                fill-opacity: 0;
+                }
+                .overlay {
+                opacity: 0.7;
+                fill: #020202;
+                }
+            </svg:style>
         </svg>
         <div class="toolbar">
             <button @click="setTool('crop')">Crop</button>
@@ -153,11 +172,6 @@ svg {
     z-index: 100;
 }
 
-.overlay {
-    opacity: 0.7;
-    fill: #020202;
-}
-
 .toolbar {
     position: absolute;
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/toCanvas.ts b/src/utils/toCanvas.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb10724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/toCanvas.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import type { Crop } from "@/types";
+import { unref, type MaybeRef } from "vue";
+import { toImgSrc } from "./toImgSrc";
+
+// Inspired by https://jsfiddle.net/Wijmo5/h2L3gw88/
+export function toCanvas(svg: MaybeRef<SVGGraphicsElement>, canvas: MaybeRef<HTMLCanvasElement>, crop?: Crop) {
+    const image64 = toImgSrc(svg)
+
+    // set it as the source of the img element
+    const img = new Image()
+    img.onload = () => {
+        // draw the image onto the canvas
+        const unreffedCanvas = unref(canvas)
+        unreffedCanvas.height = crop?.height ?? Number(unref(svg).getAttribute('height'))
+        unreffedCanvas.width = crop?.width ?? Number(unref(svg).getAttribute('width'))
+        unreffedCanvas.getContext('2d')?.drawImage(img,
+            crop?.x ?? 0, crop?.y ?? 0, unreffedCanvas.width, unreffedCanvas.height,
+            0, 0, unreffedCanvas.width, unreffedCanvas.height
+        );
+    }
+    img.src = image64;
+}
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diff --git a/src/utils/toImgSrc.ts b/src/utils/toImgSrc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5f8ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/toImgSrc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { unref, type MaybeRef } from "vue";
+
+// Inspired by https://jsfiddle.net/Wijmo5/h2L3gw88/
+export function toImgSrc(svg: MaybeRef<SVGElement>) {
+    // get svg data
+    const xml = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(unref(svg));
+
+    // make it base64
+    const svg64 = btoa(xml);
+    const b64Start = 'data:image/svg+xml;base64,';
+
+    // prepend a "header"
+    return b64Start + svg64;
+}
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