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"Absolutely and I'm not suggesting you would, there's nothing wrong with PDF/X-1a either but what do you do when your print job contains transparency or OpenType fonts for example and PDF/X-1a doesn't cut it?" It is not up for me to decide. If a printer wants the PDF/X-1a formant, you comply. You comply because you're trying to make a living. Affinity should offer the PDF/X-1a as does the world's photo editing standard: Photoshop.

Unfortunately we don't have the luxury of lecturing printers as to which format they should accept. PDF/X-1a is still widely requested.

One other thing most printing houses request a PDF/X‑1a 2001 file. AP does not offer that option. Is there a reason for that?

Ok, thank you for your reply. I'm looking forward to having an answer to the problem.

So, getting back to the question at hand: a PDF is a standardized format, so why shouldn't AP read it correctly? And upon opening, AP asks for the dpi which I set at 300 (as is the document). So what could the problem be?

Thank you MEB!

I just opened the file in Photoshop to check once again. The file is at 300 dpi.

The file was created at 300 dpi.

I'm pretty much at the point of abandoning the software for client work. Fine for certain things but for major client projects it makes me nervous.

The file that I uploaded is the original file. I simply cut out a detail and saved it again in PS as a PDF/X‑1a. It looks perfect when reopened in PS, blurred in AP. As you can see in the post by @Fixx And the file was most definitely created at 300 dpi. Thank you all for your concern, I'm hoping we can find an answer here,

When I open the file in AP, it asks for the resolution. I set it to 300 dpi (the resolution that the file was created in). Below is a detail from the PDF/X‑1a file. When I view it in Photoshop, zooming in, it is clear. When I view it in AP, zooming in, it is blurry.

Thank you for your quick response. To be clearer: - I have a PDF file. It was created in PSD. - When I open the file in PSD to view it, it is perfectly clear. - When I open it in AP to view it, it is blurry. (The text was converted to curves when the file was created)

Ciao! When I open a PSD PDF/X‑1a file in Affinity Photo it is blurry. The text shown below is zoomed at 400%. The top text is how it looks when I open the file in PhotoShop. The bottom text is what it looks like when I open it in in AffinityPhoto. What am I doing wrong? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks!

Why is this no problem for the world's standard in photo editing: Photoshop? The software that is used all over the world by professional studios? Used by professionals for decades? You merge down and there is no blurring. Period. Going back and forth about this issue for years with nothing resolved is unfortunate. In the meantime, plenty of unsuspecting users will have their work ruined without realizing what's happening until closer inspection. Why Serif is fine with that is beyond me.

"Whenever I do not want my carefully & precisely placed & sized pixel objects arbitrarily moved, resized, or displaying stair-stepped jagged edges. This is very important if for example I intend to resize the merged object so it blends nicely with some other part of my design." I never ever had that problem when simply merging down a layer in other programs. I have never heard from any of the professionals I have worked with over the decades complaining about how PS handles the simple act of merging layers. However, I HAVE heard complaints here about how Affinity Photo handles merged layers....going back years. Maybe it's time to stop making excuses for a design flaw and get it fixed. Look, I like the program. I use it. But I'm realistic about it.