000 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Importing a PDF from InDesign with shadows around text creates a very think line / box around the shadowed text -- at first I thought it was just an issue with my screen or the display, but the lines turn up in print as well. Please see the attached screenshot. A bit of investigation showed me that the text shadow consists of a dark grey rectangle and a mask that covers all but the shadowy part (bit like an inverse / negative shadow) -- the thin lines in the document are the borders of this dark grey rectangle (see attached screenshot, all THREE objects are part of the shadow). I can upload the file confidentially if you want to investigate, but cannot post it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted July 17, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 17, 2020 Hi @Jens Krebs, You can use this link to upload the file: https://www.dropbox.com/request/TivmZkVIIRafjcq5TzqG 000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 This is not file specific. It seems to be, that the rectangle used for the shadow is a little bit to big (approx. 4px). indesign-schatten.afdesign Gabe and 000 1 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...
Staff Gabe Posted July 17, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 17, 2020 Indeed. it does not seem to be file specific. Issue logged. 000 and Joachim_L 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
000 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Thanks for your link Gabe and thank you, Joachim, for checking if it's just this file or a general issue. In any case, I have provided the two files in case you need something to "play" with. The issue occurs on ALL shadows on this page (text, logo and images). The original file has been created in InDesign 15.x on MacOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgraphic Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Hello, You do not indicate the type of pdf you exporting with from indesign, the behavior might be different depending the standard you are using. If you export from indesign as a PDF/X4:2010 standard (which is the standard I generally use for production), I confirm those same thin lines issue when importing. however, if you export from indesign as a PDF/X3:2003 standard, those lines disappear in Affinity Designer (while you can still see them appearing while zooming after import). I believe this is because PDF/X3 flatten all transparency, so it might be a solution to export from indesign in PDF/X3 until this issue is fixed. Maybe some users can confirm — or not — this workaround... Best, Eric PS: Attached two different pdf from indesign CS6 (MacOX 10.11 / Designer 1.8.3) export_test_pdfX3.pdf export_test_pdfX4.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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