rumo Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Dear Affinity staff, maybe its a but, but when I apply a gradient effect overlay to text, the text is then rendered as pixels, not as a vector (like it should be). It is clearly visible in a low-res PDF export and still visible in print-res when zoomed in. See file attached (left: single color, right: gradient). I’m aware that the gradient tool would be the tool to go for in this case—but why is the effect causing the text to be rendered as pixels? Best, Johannes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Could you upload an .afpub which creates that result for you? I don't get such an issue, neither with PDF version 1.7 nor X-4:v183 text gradients _1.7.pdfv183 text gradients _X-4.pdf Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumo Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 I already thought myself that I made a mistake for sure. Which was the case. I applied the gradient through the effects register not with the gradient tool itself. Thank you for pointing me out, I apologize for that. I tried it and it works like a charm (much better then in InDesign). I changed the initial post respectively. But still, the effects register’s gradient overlay causes the text to be rendered as pixels (see attachment). And I am not sure why this has to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted April 24, 2020 Hi rumo, Welcome to Affinity Forums All Layer effects are rasterised on export. They are not processed as independent entities themselves, so both he object and the effects are processed as a single raster object. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 40 minutes ago, MEB said: All Layer effects are rasterised on export. They are not processed as independent entities themselves, While an export with the "PDF (for export)" preset appears to maintain unrasterized text with a shadow effect: ... whereas unexpectedly an export setting with "Rasterize: None" + "Allow advanced features" appears to ignore the shadow on export entirely: Doesn't that mean there is somewhere a bug? (not in the topics gradient but in the mentioned effect exports) Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumo Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 3 hours ago, MEB said: Hi rumo, Welcome to Affinity Forums All Layer effects are rasterised on export. They are not processed as independent entities themselves, so both he object and the effects are processed as a single raster object. Hello! Okay, now that’s good to know. 2 hours ago, thomaso said: While an export with the "PDF (for export)" preset appears to maintain unrasterized text with a shadow effect: ... whereas unexpectedly an export setting with "Rasterize: None" + "Allow advanced features" appears to ignore the shadow on export entirely: Doesn't that mean there is somewhere a bug? (not in the topics gradient but in the mentioned effect exports) Thanks for your effort @thomaso. But when layer effects are rasterised by default this export setting is working properly as Indesign does the same here when you deactivate rasterization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted April 24, 2020 All Layer effects are rasterised on export except outer shadow and outer glow (depending on the preset/setting), should have been more clear sorry. Anyway in @rumo's case (gradient overlay) it is rasterised on export unless you set it to rasterise nothing - in that case only the text without the gradient will be exported. thomaso 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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