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I printed a proof of a book and noticed the text on my vector logo is actually pixelated. I've tried adjust a few of the tools but still haven't been able to get it to produce smooth text when converting it white, then as a PDF. I've been able to convert the color version of the logo to PDF and it remain smooth. But when I do a white overlay or mask does over my logo and then convert it to PDF, it is pixelated. I've tried working on it in both Photo and Designer.. What setting am I likely doing wrong that results in the text not being smooth? I've tried not rastering it but no luck.

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Dinosaur with Color working, but not white.pdf

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Are you talking about the "White - Christian Journals logo.png" file?

If so, note that the color version is a .eps file (a vector file) and the white one is a .png (raster) file to start with. The outer-shadow effect you've applied would probably cause rasterization in the PDF export even if you were using a .eps file, but I'm not sure that's relevant here as you're starting with something that's already rasterized.

It seems odd to me that you have Linked files in that .afphoto file, as Photo should only create documents with Embedded files, normally.  But given that they are linked, they are not included in the .afphoto file so I really can't say much more about that white logo file (if it's what you're asking about).

-- Walt
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I see that I made a mistake in the original white logo being a PNG. I forgot that one was designed for web, not print.

However, when I take the vector file, the one that is colored currently, and convert it to white and as a PDF, it likewise lowers the quality when I open the PDF. I have all compression turned off as well best I can tell. I didn't realize I had the files linked. I thought Affinity Photo only did images embedded (not linked), and that it was just Publisher that allowed for link. I'm not seeing how to change it in Photo if there is such a way.

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21 minutes ago, KJV1611 said:

However, when I take the vector file, the one that is colored currently, and convert it to white

How did you convert it?

41 minutes ago, KJV1611 said:

I didn't realize I had the files linked. I thought Affinity Photo only did images embedded (not linked), and that it was just Publisher that allowed for link. I'm not seeing how to change it in Photo if there is such a way.

Photo is not supposed to Link files, so if that happened it's a bug of some kind. One at a time you could make them embedded by using the Replace Image button on the Context Toolbar when one of them is selected, and making sure you've chosen the "embed" option in the file-replacement dialog, not the "link" option (which is one of the bugs in this area).

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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