H.Y.Ahn Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) How can I see non-stroke ractagle in PDF files? (i want to make a business card, non-colour background.) Edited October 13, 2020 by H.Y.Ahn More explain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I don't think there's any way to see something that has no fill and no stroke/outline. Can I ask why you're exporting it as a PDF before you've done the design? Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.Y.Ahn Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, PaulEC said: I don't think there's any way to see something that has no fill and no stroke/outline. Can I ask why you're exporting it as a PDF before you've done the design? That's just an example for explain. There is no print shop using Affinity Designer in South Korea. So, I have to send a PDF file to print shop. Edited October 13, 2020 by H.Y.Ahn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 No, what I'm getting at is why are you wanting to get it printed if it is blank? If it's a business card don't you need to put some information on it before getting it printed? I would have thought it was better to do the whole design in AD, then export as a PDF to send to the printer. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 If you can give us a more-detailed explanation of what you are trying to achieve – not how you are trying to achieve it – then we might be able to help you better.Note: The two images you supplied are both of your Designer window (neither shows the PDF). H.Y.Ahn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.Y.Ahn Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 I can't speak/write English Well. Please understand. I made this business card with affinity designer Print shop said, "If you designed non-color background card, You need to make a card sized non-color rectangle (for cutting line)." So, I did. For send to Print shop, I exported a PDF file, and open it for check. (at affinity designer) As you see, I can't select card sized non-color rectangle in a PDF file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESPR Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Perhaps you can make some cutting marks instead (like an X). H.Y.Ahn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Or add a white background to the business card in the size of the business card. As White won't print, there should be no problem for your print shop. H.Y.Ahn 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...
Move Along People Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 - H.Y.Ahn 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I think the problem is that the printshop don't know where to cut at the right hand side, because it's white, so adding a white background wouldn't really help. The obvious thing would be to add printer's marks when exporting the PDF, but I'm not sure if that would do in this case. It really depends on how they are going to print/cut the cards – each one on a separate piece of card, or several "up" on a larger sheet. Of course you could add a faint outline to the whole card (or just a line at the right) but the problem is if they will be able to cut accurately enough to cut the card without the line showing. H.Y.Ahn 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.Y.Ahn Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 I was thinking the same(The best way is just made a white background) @PaulEC Thanks. I'll talk to print shop. but I'm curious because there is no problem when I used Adobe Illustrator. Anyway, Thank you everyone. So Kind! Joachim_L 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, H.Y.Ahn said: but I'm curious because there is no problem when I used Adobe Illustrator. AD and Illustrator are both design software. You can see a bounding box (when it's selected) even if it has no fill or outline. PDF is used for printing (along with other things) so it doesn't show anything which, effectively, isn't there. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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