Efvee Posted October 5, 2020 Posted October 5, 2020 Hello all, I have encountered a bug where blending a group of layers results in an incorrect rendering when exported to PDF. This is using the latest stable version of Affinity Photo on Mac: 1.8.4 It seems to occur when a group of layers is set to semi-transparent and the group includes layers with blend modes (in this case Lighten). I have attached an Photo document and a PDF. Sometimes the problem does not occur when different layers are active but I have not been able to track down why. This test case shows the problem in its most simple form. Left: image in Photo. Right: Exported PDF. star_test.afphoto star_test.pdf Quote
Staff MEB Posted October 6, 2020 Staff Posted October 6, 2020 Hi Efvee, What PDF preset or custom settings are you using when exporting to PDF? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Efvee Posted October 6, 2020 Author Posted October 6, 2020 Hello MEB, I am using the PDF (for print) preset. TNX Quote
Staff MEB Posted October 8, 2020 Staff Posted October 8, 2020 Hi @Efvee, This is a bug in Apple Preview when transparencies/blending modes are used rather than in Affinity's PDF exporter. The file displays/renders correctly in Adobe Acrobat. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
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