Exporting to an image takes longer time than printing to a pdf, but it gives you better control over the end result. Generally, images are better suited for post-processing than a pdf as well.

Note that if you have a large CC3+ maps and just need a section of it in higher detail, you can use the rectangular section export option, this allow you to export that small section in the same size as you would normally do for the entire map.

The most important point when exporting to an image is to set an appropriate export resolution. Personally, when I export battlemaps, I export them at a minimum of 100 pixels per grid square (usually 5' squares) for a decent quality. Of course, the higher the resolution, the larger the image, so you will often need to consider the tradeoff between quality and smaller file size if you are using it online in a VTT or similar unless everyone involved have very fast connections.

Png is the better format, but it is also about 6 times as large as jpg, so often even if jpg is a lower quality for the same size image, you can get a better export overall at the same file size with jpg because you can go higher in the resolution.

But in any case, you will never get the same quality of an image as you get in CC3+. An image consists of a fixed set with pixels, and quality will always decrease as you zoom in. To a certain degree, that is true in CC3+ too, but CC3+ keeps a set of 4 images around for each fill and symbol, and shows you a better version as you zoom in, something you cannot get in an image format.

It will alternate overwriting the same autosave file. so you do need to be careful with that when running multiple instances.

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