pingram

My request is to add a UI convenience that already exists elsewhere in the product line, nothing specific to bitmaps even though that is likely how gradients are ultimately rendered. You may not be aware but gradient maps already exist in this vector-focused product. This is about saving time by allowing presets to be saved (exactly like AP) for gradient maps so one can apply the same map later or even in other projects without having to painfully recreate all the points, colors, transparency etc every time.

It's in AP but why not AD? When using this feature repeatedly it gets very time consuming to create maps from scratch when it should be as simple as saving/loading from a library.

Thanks Dan yes it does, it all clicked when you mentioned raster. 😃

Yeah I'm sorry I think I might have wasted your time mentioning how Preview kind of does it's own thing regarding the default viewable scale. I must have some warped misunderstanding of DPI and how it impacts a document size (viewable scale and size on disk). When I export that 2000x4200 design using either AD Mac or AD iPad, changing the DPI doesn't have any impact on the output file. For example, I did 3 tests on each version of AD (6 total exports). I used the default pdf settings except I chose to override the document's set DPI (72) and for one chose 300 and the other chose 96. The files, besides the names I gave, them were identical to the 72dpi export pdf files. 6 files, 6 copies. - File AD Mac 72 - File AD Mac 96 - File AD Mac 300 - File AD iPad 72 - File AD iPad 96 - File AD iPad 300 They are all byte for byte the same file and open in Preview full screen @ 100% and open half screen on PDF Professional and AD Mac (expected size) when viewed at 100%, when I choose "actual view" in AD Mac however, it scales to 169% which is I think what Preview is doing by default. Yes, Preview is doing it's own odd thing with scale but it's beside the point, my curiosity is the 6 identical file outputs. Shouldn't I have 3 sets, where within each set, 2 of the files are identical except for name (72, 72), (96, 96), (300, 300)? Thx

Hi Dan. I uploaded 3 documents yesterday to the dropbox link you provided when I replied previously. One being the original pdf export from AD for iPad, the other AD for desktop and the png that was used for the AD for desktop version pdf. Let me know if I need to re-upload them.

I apologize. I think I know what's throwing me off. In the world of pdf, the size is based on print dimensions in/cm and dpi and not pixels like raster images like png, jpeg, gif, bmp? For example, I save a 2000px x 4000px document as a pdf and it results in a document that is defined by inches (27.7~in x 55.5~in) and when viewed on a 4k it is near the entire 3840px width of the screen when viewed at 100% or Actual Size (there is no "pixel" view). In Affinity Designer for desktop, when viewing the 2000px x 4000px document at 100% in the Navigator, it only takes up half the screen i.e. consuming exactly 2000 actual pixels. I then discovered, there is a "pixel view" (default) but there is also an "actual view" in AD and when choosing that, it displays in what would be inches using my entire 4k screen just like the exported pdfs. If I export PNG and open it in Preview, it takes up exactly 2000 pixels of my screen. This was the desired result for the PDF version but nothing I try in the PDF export (setting DPI to anything) changes the output file, not even the file size is different. It's as if DPI doesn't matter when it comes to exporting pdf. I have come to terms there is no way to force a pdf document to open by default based on the document's actual pixel dimensions based on the monitor's DPI (72 which is also the documents DPI). Checking again, there was no difference between exporting pdf on Mac or iPad except the embedded png method resulted in an increased file size but both open in Mac Preview using twice the pixel density of the original document (consuming roughly 4000 pixels across my screen) at 100%/Actual Size instead of 2000 pixels and no matter what DPI I set, I cannot get it to export a pdf in which opening and viewing @ 100% is the REAL 2000 pixels on my screen. I just sent my client a png.

That last one was definitely helpful seeing the video but I still swear I had looked for an indication on either side to either scroll or "see more" but I saw nothing but sure enough it's there after seeing this post. *magic* haha. As for the pdf, when I open it up in AD for Mac, it is half my 4k screen @ 100% and consumes exactly 2000 pixels in width, as the document was saved and as expected. In preview, when viewed at 100% it scales to my entire screen and is near 4k pixels (100% document size not window width). I think it must be missing some meta, embed or similar because I can open other pdfs not created in AD for iPad and they open both in Mac Preview AND AD for Mac @ half my 4k (2000px) when viewed at 100%. Here is the screenshot of the pdf settings, note that when choosing the Preset "PDF (digital - small size)" the preset shows "Custom" but nothing was modified after choosing that preset. I also verified the document dpi is 72. Even when disabling "use document resolution" and choosing 300 DPI, there is no difference in it's resulting file size nor how Preview displays it @ 4000 pixels. The Preview "file info" shows the exact same dimensions in inches. I doubt my clients will be viewing on such large displays but I needed to make sure it scaled down and didn't open by default having essentially a double zoom factor. I haven't tested other pdf viewers yet, however, exporting to png and then saving that as a pdf from AD for Mac seems to fix this little quirk.

Having issues with export on AD for iPad. I created a 2000px x 4000px document @ 72dpi. When I export using defaults, PDF for digital-small, the file size is nice at only 72kb but the rendered dimension in Mac Preview is twice the size expected. When viewed at "original" size, it fills my entire 4k which is near 4000px, double the width of the document I created and expected upon import. I've tried disabling the "use document resolution" and no matter what DPI I choose, 72, 150, 300...the exported file is always the same dimensions and exact same file size . 1. Why is the DPI settings being ignored when I untick the doc resolution and set it manually to a value? 2. How can I view the current open document's DPI? (I tried the Resize tool as mentioned in another thread, but DPI is not shown anywhere)

+1 on this feedback. I cannot figure out how to remove some of the formatting even manually, such as when the text itself is light with a dark background color, one can change the text color but I don't see any options to remove the background color, using text art or text frame. For now, I just use my web browser and paste formatted text from my clipboard into a jsfiddle html area then re-copy without the formatting. Kind of a pain but it works.