Exporting files for print company from Affinity Designer a disaster

[xoneeleven]

Hello All,

We were tasked with designing a large 4x8 business sign.

The print company was asking for an AI, EPS, SVG or PDF for printing.

STILL, Affinity Designer cannot export to AI. (shame on you)

So, we exported the other formats.

Unfortunately, all of the exports contained different anomalies depending on the export method.

How in the heck can Serif expect to compete with Adobe and Corel, if their software is not compatible with those products, and exporting other formats is so bad?

We really like using the Affinity software, and own all three products.

However, you need to greatly improve your compatibility and export engine.

This should be your priority, instead of nonsensical features.

[Fixx]

PDF export from Designer should be ok if you set the document and export settings right. Now, the right settings may be a bit challenge.

[John Rostron]

11 hours ago, xoneeleven said:

Unfortunately, all of the exports contained different anomalies depending on the export method.

It might help to resolve your problem if you indicated what these anomalies (and the export methods) were. I have had limited experience in designing large posters, but the pdfs from Designer caused no problems at all.

John