Zerocrop Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I just updated to Affinity Publisher 1.8.1 on MacOS today, and loving the new features so far. However I had to update a couple of words in a afpub document I had created about a week ago and re-export it as a PDF for print. The PDF was 5.8MB, while the PDF created by AP 1.7 a week ago was only 1.4MB. I tested a few other files and got similar results. Is there a new setting that I now need to adjust in AP 1.8.1 or is this a bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Morris Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 @Zerocrop I'm guessing you are running Mac's Catalina OS (10.15). In another thread, we have anecdotal confirmation that Publisher's PDF exports on Catalina do not have selectable text, but users of previous MacOS versions aren't having this issue. Without the text coded as text on export, but as images, it seems this leads to the much larger file sizes. Here's my thread trying to sort this out: I'm really hoping Serif will fix this problem quickly. It's an odd oversight that this would be an issue on the current/latest MacOS, but not earlier versions. Usually it's the older versions that lose support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerocrop Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 I have two Macs, one on Mojave and one on Catalina. The issue with the oversized PDFs is actually happening on the Mojave Mac, which is my main work computer. I haven't upgraded to Affinity 1.8 programs yet on the Catalina one, but I will test it when I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted February 28, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 28, 2020 After some investigation it seems to be related to the Mac App Store version of the software, which is why some people are experiencing this and others are not - we have this logged with us now and are still looking into it Edit: Should clarify I am referring to the exported pdf text not being selectable, if that's the cause of this issue Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerocrop Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Thanks Jon Just so you know, I'm using the Affinity Store version of Publisher, and the text in my PDFs IS selectable. But the PDFs are still about 4 times larger than before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted March 2, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 2, 2020 In which case can you upload the afpub file here and let me know what export settings you are using (a screenshot of the More.. dialog will be useful) and I'll take a look. It's worth noting we've altered some export presets so can you click "More..." and double check you are using the same export settings. Thanks Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerocrop Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/2/2020 at 3:35 PM, Jon P said: It's worth noting we've altered some export presets so can you click "More..." and double check you are using the same export settings. Ah, Yes you have. I checked my other Mac which still has AP 1.7.3 on it and in the PDF for Print export settings the 'Allow JPEG Compression' setting is set to 85% by default, whereas in 1.8.1 it is now set to 98% by default. All other settings are the same. I assume this is the reason for the large file sizes. I wonder what the reasons were for this change. The print jobs I had done using the old default settings were great, and the PDFs were not too huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted March 15, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 15, 2020 We believe this will hopefully be fixed in the next Mac APP Store releases, which we hope to be released this week. Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabari Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 MAS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted March 17, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 17, 2020 MAS == Mac App Store. Sorry 1.8.2 updates are now live Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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