Gigatronix Pete

Thanks for the reply @carl123 & @pbasdf This showstand Affinity file that we are having a problem with was a "Save as" from the show before which was a 6 metre & a 3 metre image rather than this one which is 4 metre & 3 metre! ...& that one exported the pdf's at 40mb & 37mb. So basically I saved as, made the canvas smaller, made the background image larger & moved some of the other images around that's it! The original showstand Affinity fil was much larger tho at 383mb

Hey @carl123 not hassling you at all but have you had a chance to investigate this yet? Would the linking/embedding scenario make any difference in all this?

Thank you guys ...I will investigate your advice

Hello @carl123 yes of course ...it's a big old file size at 226mb though ...i hope that's ok & doesn't cause any problems? BackandSide3886plus2921.afdesign

Hey @lacerto thanks for the reply but I don't really understand about compression & 16bit images I'm afraid! 🤔 But do you think compression with Affinity is what would cause one half of my exported pdf image to be 28mb & the other half to be a pdf of 188mb? Even though I can export the whole image as one at 23mb?

I’m using Affinity 2 Designer to do our large showstand images. For this show we need a back wall image of 3886mm (so nearly 4 metres) & a side wall image of 2921mm (so nearly 3 metres) Both images are 2413mm high (so almost 2.5 metres) We want the image to look like it wraps around both walls so I created an Affinity file 6807 x 2413 to work in. Then once i was happy, to create my 2 images I just went into Document setup & changed the horizontal size to 3886 (from the left hand side) & exported a pdf of 28mb …which was fine. I then again went into Document setup & this time changed the horizontal size to 2921 (from the right hand side) …but when I click on export, the pdf file size is estimated at 188mb!!! …it's 6 times the size of the larger image, that’s no good! How can the smaller pdf be 188mb?! Out of interest, if i open the Affinity file & export the whole thing as a pdf the image comes out as 23mb. I have to send 2 separate images to the show Can anyone help & tell me why the second pdf is 188mb & how can I make it smaller? Cheers Pete

OK no worries, I'll carry on using PDF's then which are usually ok for most customers ...thanks for your help anyway

It is 2 x 3mtr x 3mtr wall images which together look like this

Hello @lacerto thanks for the quick reply I did open in the EPS file in my Affinity before sending & it was fine & I have since sent them PDF versions (altho PDF are much larger file sizes) When I asked them they said this came up when they tried to open the EPS files

Hi guys I have previously never exported any EPS files to send to our customers, but had to do this for the first time last week. I sent 2 large showstand files to the our customer using the (attached) export info. This was the info that came up when i clicked export & I don't think I changed anything! Today they have some back saying they could not open the files in their Adobe Illustrator ...can anyone tell me what I did wrong?

@PaulEC @NathanC ahhhhh i understand that's great, thanks for the quick replies chaps ...much appreciated 👍

The hardness option has become greyed out on my "Erase brush tool" since Monday & I have no idea why Does anyone know if i've clicked something by mistake?

Actually I always export each Arboard individually via file/export as I never use the Export persona

Ah yes @carl123 that's it ....cool, thanks very much for that! Dragging the High pass into the actual image layer (rather than deleting it) worked as well! ...fabulous & thanks again sir

@loukash thanks for the reply & yes of course ... Satellite 2024 Banner Image.afdesign