Leandro Giorni Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) Hi, recently i got an issue exporting to PDF. I got almost exactly the same but the only drawing I did in Designer the color is wrong. (the color is made in designer with a pixel layer painted with a specific watercolor brush). I upload the resulting image that shows the difference between the Designer file and the exported PDF. Also the Affinity Designer document Color settings and the PDF export settings. There are a few features that the software is lacking that im a little bit surprised: like page (artwork) automatic page numbering and text overflow removal or even a multitext flow. Any advice or tip would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance! Leandro Edited August 1, 2020 by Leandro Giorni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leandro Giorni Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 Do anyone have any idea what could be the issue as the artwork to be so washedout in the PDF? I would need to have a solution soon, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 What software do you use to view the PDF in? Also if you can upload the file here it will be easier to assist. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leandro Giorni Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Im using Sumatra PDF as stated in the other post! 🙈 Im uploading the example pdfPitch_doc4.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, Leandro Giorni said: Im using Sumatra PDF as stated in the other post! 🙈 Im uploading the example pdfPitch_doc4.pdf Good old lightweight Sumara 🙂 Well, the faded colours are certainly real in the PDF. We are not dealing with monitor profiles. Hm. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Grabbed colours from the screen and exported with the exact same settings: copy.pdf Any clues, @MikeW ? Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, Jowday said: ... Any clues, @MikeW ? Nope. It likely would take the design file...but if that exports fine from other systems, I dunno why the OP's export is funky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leandro Giorni Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 I'm not sure what could cause it. As I said, I painted in a pixel layer, maybe something about that? The affinity designer file is here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 10 minutes ago, Leandro Giorni said: I'm not sure what could cause it. As I said, I painted in a pixel layer, maybe something about that? The affinity designer file is here Allright finding ONE... if I rasterize the layer prior to exporting the file the export looks correct. If I just export it, I get the faded version. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leandro Giorni Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 I imagined that would be the problem, so there is an issue with the pdf exporter. I got my exporter settings to rasterize all and didnt work either. But if I rasterize each layer in the editor does export correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, Leandro Giorni said: I imagined that would be the problem, so there is an issue with the pdf exporter. I got my exporter settings to rasterize all and didnt work either. But if I rasterize each layer in the editor does export correctly. Yes it must be a bug - it is pretty weird behavior. Layers vs rasterized: last.pdf Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leandro Giorni Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 (edited) should I report the bug or you will do it internally? I noticed you post in the Bug forum! 👍 Edited August 2, 2020 by Leandro Giorni checked bug forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 The thread can be moved, no need to repost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted August 3, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 3, 2020 I have raised this issue with our QA team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leandro Giorni Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) I updated to version 1.8.4.693 and it has the same issue. I can confirm that the problem is using masks on the pixel layers. If I delete the mask on the pixel layer the result is identical to the one in the editor. Edited August 3, 2020 by Leandro Giorni tested version 1.8.4.693 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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