doodledude
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Thanks, it has bugged me for years. At least I know a way around it now!
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Ok, what difference do the x and y make as the selection is still the same size?
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1 minute ago, GarryP said:
Are the X and Y values of your selection integers?
If they are not then you will get a larger export area because the software has to ‘invent’ the extra pixel to allow for the fraction of a pixel.Hi, they are normally in pixels (no decimal points involved).
In the attached example I created a 400px circle, export as selection only and it tells me the dimensions are 401 x 401px
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When you export a selected artwork and choose 'selection only' the dimensions are always about 1px too big (normally width), even though in Designer under transform it says the dimensions of object are such and such the exported PNG, for instance, is not the same dimensions.
The exported file normally has a empty 1px gap on the edge of the PNG or similar format.
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When you export a selected artwork and choose 'selection only' the dimensions are always about 1px too big (normally width), even though in Designer under transform it says the dimensions of object are such and such the exported PNG, for instance, is not the same dimensions.
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2 minutes ago, DWright said:
The Affinity apps will open the PDF file as they where created so unless the PDF was created as a raster or flattened PDF then we will open it with the edit option available, to have a PDF open in Photo as an image you can use the Place command to insert the PDF file into an existing document
Ok, thanks for the response.
The Place command workaround helps me out of my issue.
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I'm just looking to open a PDF in Photo as it is with no editing of text required.
I can't seem to open PDF's without the text going wrong due to missing fonts.
In Photoshop I can open PDFs as raster images, is this possible in Photo?
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Thanks for the replies, seems like an odd omission.
Is it a problem with Designer or Publisher?
Glad they are fixing it anyway
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I've created 2 x A5 documents with 3mm bleed.
I then import the files (.afdesign) into a 2 page A5 publisher document with 3mm bleed.
Publisher doesn't show the 3mm bleed and only crops to the document size. I can't see any settings to display bleed on the placed image/document.
When I export the Designer documents as PDF with bleed. I can import them into Publisher and it gives the option along the top to change the 'Page Box' to display bleed etc.
This seems odd I would have thought it would give at least the same or more options to import a 'native' file format.
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15 hours ago, dominik said:
Hi @doodledude,
we have to make sure to do the same thing. This is what I do:
- Work in Affinity Designer
- In the layers palette click on the icon (at the bottom) that looks like a page. Not on the one that has a checkerboard background. (If you hover over them you will see tooltips saying 'Add Layer' and 'Add Pixel Layer'. Do not choos 'Pixel Layer')
- This should create a new layer with a folder icon.
Does this do what I am describing?
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Hi @dominik, yes I did as you instructed, but when I create a new layer (not pixel layer) it appears as a blank (or black in dark mode) square for me. I can't see any settings I have on that would make the folder icon not appear if it should do by default.
The layer1 & layer2 below are both newly created layers to show what I mean.
I'm using the latest designer version on Mac OS Catalina BTW.
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On 11/16/2019 at 7:55 AM, dominik said:
Hi @doodledude,
I want to add, if you create a new layer in AD it is displayed with a folder icon. It works the same way in APub.
After you add (or group as @Pšenda pointed out) the icon turns into a preview of the folder's content.d.
Thanks for the advice. When I create a new layer I don't get a folder icon, I just get a black or blank square.
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I've noticed recently using Affinity Designer that I really could do with arranging layers into folders.
I feel the layer arranging a bit unintuitive in Affinity products also.
I find the layer folders in Adobe products really useful and think it should be easy enough to implement for all Affinity releases.
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Most of my work involves vector logos so hopefully this issue won't affect me too much going forwards.
I know from doing an another job in InDesign using the same logos at a similar size, the press ready PDF I output was fine, so Publisher does seem to be a bit temperamental in that regard
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3 minutes ago, thomaso said:
Your business card exports fine without downsampling: P&S - Business Cards _no-downs_ot_1.7.pdf
This appears to be a bug with downsampling of resources in high placed DPI.
Here's a comparison with TIF and JPG: watch the small items and their jaggy appearence in the downsampled version:v172 tiff jpg res downsampl.pdf
v172 tiff jpg res NO downsampl.pdf
Great thanks for doing that testing, useful to know it wasn't just me doing something wrong.
Think I'll use the 'no downsampling' method until they issue a fix
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3 minutes ago, thomaso said:
We can not check your .afpup with the linked images "missing". You either need to embed them and upload the .afpub again or upload the .tiffs additionally.
ok, here are the linked files
Logo-Warwick Cleaning [CMYK].tif
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I've checked the problem tiff images and the dpi is showing as 2456dpi (12%) for the placed images.
I've attached the publisher document and 2 examples of PDFs I generated. As you should see the (default for print setting) PDF the logos on the 2nd page are displaying a low res, with dodgy compression. The 2nd PDF is by tweaking the PDF settings so the images are rendered as bicubic (as opposed to bilinear) and JPEG compression is set to off.
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1 minute ago, garrettm30 said:
In that case, my next thought would be what thomaso has described. For example, if your logo is 2 inches wide and saved at 300 dpi, but it is placed in your Publisher document so that it is 4 inches wide, the effective resolution is 150 dpi.
This may not be new to you; we just don’t know what kind of background you have to advise you. If you like, you can upload your document for us to test and see if we can advise you better.
Yep I understand what you mean, I have about 20 years of DTP Quark and Indesign experience so the placed images aren’t increased beyond their natural size, the logos are used at about 10% scale.
I’ll attach a sample of the files tomorrow and see if that will help,
thanks
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42 minutes ago, thomaso said:
OK, that is 300 dpi for the saved tiffs and 300 dpi for export. – But how about the images resolutions in your document? Even if you set the document resolution to 300 dpi it does not mean all content will get that, too. For the logo tiffs their size on page and their directly size-related "placed DPI" is relevant. (You can see "Placed DPI" in the tool bar and in Resource Manager but don't confuse it with "Original DPI".)
I’ll check when I’m back in my studio tomorrow. I didn’t see another setting to choose image resolution for the document, I would assume it would import the image at its native resolution or alter it based on the document DPI.
After doing further tweaking with the PDF export settings I seemed to have better results when I changed the image rastering from ‘bilinear’ to ‘bicubic’ and turned off JPEG compression from 85% to ‘off’.
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2 hours ago, garrettm30 said:
Just a quick first question comes to mind: what is the document resolution set at (found in Document Setup)?
It’s set at 300dpi also
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I'm trying to export a press ready PDF from publisher and my placed images are showing at a very low resolution when I open the generated PDF file.
The placed images are logos that are saved as 300dpi CMYK tiff files.
When I choose export as PDF I've chosen: PDF (for print) / PDF (for export) / PDF/X's. All have raster DPI at 300dpi.
No matter which option they all output the placed tiff files at a low resolution.
Anyone else come across this? and know a fix?
thanks
Let's see some ideas for the Export Window! :)
in Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products
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Bring back the V1 export window with the icons along the top.
If too many icons allow scrolling and sorting so favourite formats can be moved to front.
The new dropdown export window in v2 is so generic and slower to use than the old layout