[Export to PDF for press printing is too small]

So the image is currently open in Affinity Photo and shows 1550 pixels wide.   I’m guessing this is my first of many mistakes!

 

[Export to PDF for press printing is too small]

And, no, the image is not at 100%… Original Panting is 11 x 14.

[Export to PDF for press printing is too small]

1 hour ago, Old Bruce said:

Too small as in it is only 4 inches by 5 inches or it is not enough bytes in file size? File size in bytes is irrelevant.

I am going to guess that the hi resolution image is too small for the 9 x 11 space. The DPI of the image may be higher than the Advertisement you are making or the DPI is fine but there just aren't enough pixels to go all the way across the 9 inches (9 x 300 = 2700). Is the image placed at 100 %?

So, I took my iPhoto pic and converted it to a 10 MB file TIFF and placed it with the type.   Even then it was still small when converted to a PDF for print.   I even upped the DPI.   So clearly, I do NOT KNOW how to set up for Press in Affinity.   I had to send the ‘pieces’ to the publisher so they could reassemble in Photoshop.   Ugg.   After doing this for 30+ years I feel like an idiot.

[Export to PDF for press printing is too small]

26 minutes ago, BofG said:

DPI?

300 as per magazine specs

 

[Export to PDF for press printing is too small]

I’m a long time InDesign User and trying desperately to quickly learn the Affinity Suite to get an ad Press ready.   I’m having great trouble getting the final file size to be large enough for quality printing.   A 9 inch by 11 inch layout is turning to 1.4 MB when converted to PDF/X-1a.   I then inserted a hi res image [10 MB] and it’s still too small.   I would love some resources or advice on how to prep a doc for high quality press runs.

Thanks, 

former Adobe User