YentheJoline

@BarKeegan That sounds great. I actually just did a pdf test, it looks like it's working and everything is staying in vector. I did import a png's image at one point for reference which I then deleted so I was worried that might cause complications but so far it looks like it went well. Does anyone know what I should choose for the color space setting when exporting a pdf that only has greyscale colors? The options I have are "as document", CMYK, RGB or "Gray"? Could I by any chance choose gray and would it then be suited for both digital and print?

Hi @Wosven, Thank you so much that is really helpful! This gives me a great starting off point. I've also read something about EPS being useful, I'm not sure what it does but the article said it was good for print? Would you recommend including this as well? Do you have any additional tips or things I should know about the settings when exporting? I normally use Procreate so I'm not used to all the settings and what they mean in Affinity when exporting 😄 Thank you so much!

@yabeweb that makes sense and sounds very useful! I am wondering though, for example we need to be able to place the logo into a pdf file of the interior of a book. Would that still be possible if you have the logo itself already as a pdf?

Hi everyone, I really hope this is the right place to post this, if not I'm very sorry. I am looking for tips and advice on exporting vector logo's in Affinity Designer on iPad. I am working with my friend who is an author, I've illustrated multiple of her fantasy novels and I have now designed a logo for her as well. This is my first time designing and creating a logo, so I have to figure it all out from scratch. The logo is ready to go on Affinity Designer on my iPad, and I created it in vector. Now I need to export it for her to use, and I would really appreciate some advice on what the best way to do that is. File types, settings that go with the file types, etc. This is also my first time using vectors so I really have no idea what the best file types are for this, and how they work. I hope that makes sense, please let me know if there is anything I need to clarify. I'd really appreciate any help. I have already googled and I did find some info but it's hard to all piece together sometimes, especially since this is really my first experience with vectors. Thank you! Yenthe

No not necessarily. I was told by someone either pdf or tiff would be best to export the images, to support 300dpi and cmyk. I tried tiff first but those images turned out really small once exported which is really weird to me but I have no idea how to fix it. So that’s why I’m planning on exporting in pdf. But you’re right in saying the final interior document with images has to be exported as pdf either way. I believe my author is using Adobe Acrobat to produce the finished files. Ingram Spark wants the final files to be submitted as PDF/X-1a:2001 or PDF/X-3:2002

I'm mostly wondering now about a particular setting. I want to export single illustrations from Affinity Designer (iPad) as a pdf but there is a compatibility setting there with multiple options. I'm not sure what it does and what setting I should choose. Eventually the images will be put into a PDF/X 2001 or 2003, but that's later on.

Hi Everyone, I'm new to Affinity (I purchased Affinity Designer on my ipad last week). I've made illustrations for a novel by a self-published author, and she's is doing everything herself. We are publishing through Ingram Spark. Now I have to prepare the illustrations for printing. Neither of us know a lot about the whole printing and design process, but we are eager to learn and if possible would like to do it ourselves. Unfortunately Ingram Spark doesn't have the best guide to help with what is needed for the printing files. Last week we got our proof copy and all the images turned out darker and some so dark there was hardly anything to see. There probably went something wrong with the images getting converted to cmyk or something with the pdf. I never converted them to cmyk. When we asked Ingram Spark what went wrong and what we had to change they just said to make the images a little lighter. I already did a lot of research but there are still some things I am struggling with. I'm now looking into converting the images to cmyk myself, I think that's what went wrong. However I don't know what settings to use when exporting in affinity designer to get the best result. These are the basic requirements the finished pdf file will need: Must be PDF/X 2001 or 2003 Must use the SWOP coated profile Must be Grayscale color mode for interiors, CMYK for covers Must be 300 dpi for images and 106 lpi for text Should turn off ICC Color Profiles Must be set to 240% TAC/TIC All fonts must be embedded (Under 14pt size will not embed if you use Standard settings in your PDF) Margins must be set to Ingram specifications Color interior – Must include CMYK images at/72dpi or higher. CMYK value should not exceed 240%. Elements should not be built in “Registration”. All spot colors with/without transparencies must be converted to CMYK. (I got this list from this article which has been very helpful: https://www.selfpublishingreview.com/2016/03/how-to-fix-your-ingram-spark-pdf-with-free-pdf-fix-download/ but like I said I'm having trouble translating what they said to the actual documents.) I think I have to export as a pdf or tiff, and I tried a few different settings but I'm not sure which are best. Also when exporting as a tiff the colors look best to me but the image gets much smaller than the original and I can't figure out why. I'm mostly confused about the ICC color profiles and how to turn them off in Affinity like the company says, and the CMYK value of 240% TAC/TIC. I would greatly appreciate some insight into all the different settings when exporting in Affinity Designer, and maybe some tips on how to best get the images and pdf ready for printing at Ingram Spark. Btw I already read the info on exporting in the app itself but that didn't answer all my questions. Sorry for the long message, I hope this makes sense. I already know a lot more after doing research but I'm still struggling what to do and I really want the book to look great. If there's is anything I didn't cover here or isn't clear please let me know. Thanks for reading! Yenthe