Vernon @ M&M

Excellent, I went for the second option - unchecking in the pdf and it worked perfectly, but I'll attempt the other version as the trap would help the minder - me!! cheers for all your help and so wonderfully swift Vernon

It's Designer and it says Global 3 (Pantone 1595) and spot - it's a solid red with a 100% black crown on top, bit in Indesign I'm showing 100% 1595 and bk in the separation preview

Hi All Could somebody point me in the right direction for knocking out a solid bk logo over a pantone colour for print purposes cheers Vernon

Got it and ordered - cheers Guys

I couldn't re-set my password - is there a different account for the Forum - now unsure of my Affinity account as it's been a while?

same again here - Affinity, you've got a problem

Hi Miguel I've been trying to get the same depth effect that you got on your example, do you have a few pointers in this, or is it possible to see how you did it on your file? I tried it in Design - do you have to use Photo for this to work? Sorry this is dragging out a little in time - had to get on the press last week so design time was limited cheers Vernon

@ gdenby, would you be able to share the AD file that you did to create this? It would be interesting to see the process you used - like the use of Perpetua to give it depth, if not just an idea of process @ PixelPest, yes you're right tin your assumptions; did you create the attached effect in AP, and if so, would you give an idea of the process. @ MEB, I like the gold giving it depth, was this AP? Lots of questions!! cheers vernon

Thanks MBD I look forward to playing with this at the weekend Started with letterpress moved to litho and now going back to the old ways which I always loved! Vernon

Hello Out there My wife is opening a gallery and she's looking for a chiseled type effect in stone (Stonemasons Gallery) and I've been charged to come up with the design. Been looking at Gill because of his relationship with type and carving What's the best way of going about this in either Designer - Photo. Has anybody had experience of this? I've had a play in bevel and 3d effects in designer, but haven't got the right feel It will be used in all things media related - print signage and web Thanks for any input Vernon

Hi Lee D I I resized the file whole and checked the Downsample images box which wasn't enabled. I'm sending you a PM and link Thanks Vernon

Hi All I had to re-size a customers oversized Pdf. I did the usual of opening the original file, copying it and resizing it, but when I create a pdf from the file there image is pixelated. I'm a bit stuck on what I'm doing wrong in the sequence of importing the image? I'm not placing the image, which I know would result in this. Thanks in anticipation Vernon

Thanks for input mac_heibu, it went through the Trueflow okay. And appreciate the editing advice... Just really trying to see the capabilities of Designer. Vernon

Hey all I'm printing a brochure and when opening the file in Designer there are white boxes and various boxes around text/tints etc. It looks like it wasn't able to handle the transparency layers. How accurate is Designer in replicating pdf's. What i was seeing in Preview and Acrobat Professional wasn't what Designer was picking up? Any views on this would be helpful I can't post the pdf on an open forum Thanks Vernon

Hi Mike Thanks for the confirmation that I'm not missing something. Unfortunately we're not in the position to use Imposition software yet and are a bit old school. One of the uses is when we're laying out spreads to farm out - so it's a visual thing for us when we get spreads back to finish. As you say it's a valid request for Serif and maybe a Moderator might have an answer - or do we need put it forward as feature request? Vernon

Hi All, When i create trim marks with the standard 3mm bleed and take the pdf into Indesign to layout for print, I find that that trim marks don't show on "import bleed" settings. They're on the pdf but are too far away in the make-up of the pdf to show on a 3mm bleed import - the actual trim marks are 3.3mm and 3.3mmm (x, y) when measured from the Doc boundaries. So, you're left with trim marks when you impose a 20-up business card spread - quite important when you put the sheets under the guillotine. I don't want to go back to the days of ruling up a job. When a job is sent out to print, you'll find that printers generally ask for trim marks and 3mm bleed as standard Am I doing something wrong in my original pdf set-up? Thanks in advance for any feedback Frustrated printer Vernon

Ah, interesting, didn't know you could do that, been using 10.5.8 up until April this year Thanks Vernon

Hi Peter I assume it would be the same as in Illustrator or Indesign. Open the pdf in Designerand then work with that pdf as a locked base layer at 10% and turn it off when you export the final pdf I assume you don't have to supply the CutPaths as they would already have a die for this folder. Hope this helps Vernon

Thanks Miguel (and sorry about the Referendum) Vernon

Hi out there After I've made a pdf from a file and I go to File - Share - Mail, the file is exported as a jpeg and not a pdf. Is there something I'm missing in my settings that I haven't checked? Can I export a pdf directly from Affinity Designer - version 1.4.2? Advice gratefully received Thanks Vernon

And don't forget to include the 3mm bleed in: File - Document Set Up because if it's not there it won't be included in the pdf profile

Nice one Paolo!! grazie Vernon

Hi All I was wondering if somebody could point me in the right direction? When using the pantone dialog box, is there a way of looking or selecting an actual Pantone number, instead of taking a wild stab at roughly where it might be? Thanks Vernon

One of the reasons why we're trying out Affinity is to get away from Illustrator, so is there another way of getting around this? Just out of interest if you don't mind me asking?

Hello out there, I'm scratching my head with files that I'm creating and then exporting as pdf - pdfx1a (also for print) to then lay out in Indesign. I create a pdf from a file with sharp logos and then the image in the pdf is bitmapped. The text remains sharp. I've attached a couple of screen grabs - before and after. Where am I going wrong? cheers Vernon