User06 Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 I'm pretty new to affinity designer - used to exclusively use photoshop. However, I downloaded it recently to create a logo. Everything there went fine, yet every time I try to export it as a pdf, it keeps rasterizing certain non-pixel elements. The logo itself is a vector. The one place that IS composed of pixels doesn't have the issue of poor quality upon exporting, as I do so at 1200 DPI, so they virtually can't be spotted. For some reason, though, during the export affinity designer is turning my vector strokes into pixels. When I export as a high quality jpeg for online purposes, the quality is spot on, but when I try to export in a vector file, it rasterizes - badly. Does anyone know what might be going on here? I need to get a vector file sent in to a printing company tomorrow, but I can't seem to get past this hitch. Quote
firstdefence Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 When exporting, check the “More” options and try unchecking the View box option... Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Fixx Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 Have you used effects or masks on those elements that get rasterized? If you can upload your design we can check what is going on. Quote
User06 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Posted June 10, 2020 55 minutes ago, firstdefence said: When exporting, check the “More” options and try unchecking the View box option... I'm trying to export it as a PDF. There doesn't seem to be a viewbox option to uncheck. Quote
User06 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Posted June 10, 2020 19 minutes ago, Fixx said: Have you used effects or masks on those elements that get rasterized? If you can upload your design we can check what is going on. No, that's what's weird - I have used effects, but not on the elements that get rasterized in the export process. Everything looks fine in affinity, but when I try to export, all my vector strokes become pixelated. The person I created this logo for wants it printed - what would you recommend I export it as? Maybe I'm just doing it wrong?? I'm new to this software. Quote
Wosven Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 Hi, Are tout using the vector brushes? They are pixels on a vector path unless you use the Basic ones. Quote
Joachim_L Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 Unless you upload the logo here, everything is more or less guessing. If the file is confident you could ask a moderator for a private upload link / investigating. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed
User06 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Posted June 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, Wosven said: Hi, Are tout using the vector brushes? They are pixels on a vector path unless you use the Basic ones. I drew all the graphics with the standard vector brush tool. It isn't all areas of the logo that's rasterizing, though - just seemingly random ones. Quote
Wosven Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 As said by @Joachim_L, with the logo or part of it, perhaps we can help. Quote
User06 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Posted June 10, 2020 I ended up creating a fresh document and redrawing the areas of issue. Exported as a vector! I don't know what the issue was there with the original file, but the logo went off to the printers with no problem. Thank you all for your time! I appreciate it. Quote
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