daft Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Hi there, I export Plans from ArchiCAD to PDF and then import them into Designer (or Publisher). Transparent areas stay transparent, but transparent black conturs get converted to intransparent grey conturs. It does not happen to conturs created in Affinity Designer, exported as PDF and then reimported to Designer. It only happens to PDFs produced in ArchiCAD and then imported to Designer. I suppose the same engine for PDF-Import is used in Affinity Designer and Publisher, and possibly even in another unrelated product PDFpen. As I can see the same results in these 3 apps. However using Adobes stuff does not show this behaviour. Using Indesign transparent conturs/lines stay transparent. I asked my client to provide a sample document and I will it attach it to this issue as soon as I get it. Keep up the awesome work you do! Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 9, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 9, 2020 Hi @daft, We can have a look at this once we have the sample files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daft Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Hi @gabe, how kind of you. I attached 3 files: - the original PDF (export from ArchiCAD) - a screenshot from Mac preview, that shows the correct appearance - a screenshot from Affinity Designer As you can see from the screenshots, the Trees on the right of the building disappear in Designer. The contours should be black with a transparency. The fill should be white with a transparency. Instead the contours in Designer are set grey opaque, resulting in a very different appearance. Regards, Daniel Original.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 9, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 9, 2020 The "problem" the way Pdf viewers treat really thin lines. Your strokes are 0.038pt. PDF viewers will enhance that, whereas editing applications won't. We show them as they are, which are really really thin lines. It's not an issue with out app, but with the stroke itself. As for the colour, it's using 50% grey, and we have the same 50% gray in our app too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daft Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Is there a way in Affinity Designer or Publisher to use the enhanced version instead of the real version? At least for Publisher it would be important to have an idea, where the really thin lines are located. Regards, Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 16, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 16, 2020 Yes and no. You can turn Outline View mode on, but that will only display the outlines of objects, without any colour/shading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 On 9/11/2020 at 10:58 PM, daft said: Is there a way in Affinity Designer or Publisher to use the enhanced version instead of the real version? You could try to test the latest Designer Beta 1.9.0.* release. You can search for Select->Select Same->Same Stroke and see how that makes selecting same strokes easier. Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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