annastocks Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Hello, any eye-dea what I've done wrong on this? All pupils were created using the brush tool, I don't remember doing anything different, however this is my first project using Affinity and I have done most of it through trial and error (love it, btw!). The top character's pupils are pixellated on export, but the bottom ones are fine. If I copy the pupils from character 2 to character 1, it fixes the problem, so I'm curious what I've done wrong. I've had a few friends open the file on their computers to check it's not just my PDF software but they see the same issue. Both lines seem to have the same stoke details: Thanks! Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Welcome to the forums annastocks. Could be the effect of rasterising this particular area. Any effects used there? Or best, post the file here (not the PDF). Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annastocks Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Hiya, Thanks for the speedy response. If I have rasterised or applied an effect it was 100% a mistake! I couldn't see anything obvious but I am blindly looking around. I've attached a copy of one of the characters in a new file as the original is quite big - I tested an export on the new file and it has the same issue just to make sure! He currently has 1 correct pupil (left) and 1 broken pupil (right). These are my export settings, just in case I'm doing something wrong there Thank you! Anna Bigs_test.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I exported as PDF with your settings and I can't see a difference. But why did you use a line with a length of 0,01 mm for the pupil instead of a simple circle? Maybe you should replace the lines with circles and try again? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annastocks Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Hiya, It was just easier at the time as it was one click instead of multiple, though that's coming back to bite me now! Yes that's fine, I am going through and replacing the broken ones anyway - I just wondered what I had done wrong for next time Anna Joachim_L 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, annastocks said: I just wondered what I had done wrong for next time Serif has to tell here. The only difference I see, is that the left pupil has a rotation of -7,469° whereas the rotation of the right pupil has 0°. annastocks 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 ... and not same size. Left pupil width is 0.01 mm, and right is 0.002 mm. But like the rotation of a vector object, this should not be reason for the unevenness of the export. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Pšenda said: ... and not same size. Left pupil width is 0.01 mm, and right is 0.002 mm. Oh, missed that. Perhaps my pupils are pixelated? Pšenda and annastocks 2 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 40 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: Perhaps my pupils are pixelated? Pixelated no, but maybe the left pupil is a little rotated? :-) annastocks and Joachim_L 1 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annastocks Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Well that is truly bizarre. It would appear rotating the pupil fixes the issue, I guess I was rotating the group of the head to figure out positioning before and that's what has happened. I appreciate I should have used circles in the first place, and that my behaviour was as peculiar as this. Thanks for your help, both! Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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