Why is exporting to eps in Designer placing a white background?

[Affinity-Inspiration]

Is there a switch I'm missing? When I export an image - a simple clip art image - to eps from Designer it puts it on a white background?

I went through the process of removing the white background. nice and transparent. However, export to eps and there it is again.

[Alfred]

8 minutes ago, HarryMcGovern said:

Is there a switch I'm missing?

Did you choose the export option ‘Selection without background’ or did you simply export the whole document?

[Fixx]

Maybe if you can share the Designer document we can check if there is anything shady in it.

[Affinity-Inspiration]

12 minutes ago, Alfred said:

Did you choose the export option ‘Selection without background’ or did you simply export the whole document?

 

I don't see that option here. or under More.

[Affinity-Inspiration]

10 minutes ago, Fixx said:

Maybe if you can share the Designer document we can check if there is anything shady in it.

Thats about as simple as it gets. yet exports with a white background.

Kangaroo Selected.afdesign

[Ray S.]

Check this:

[Affinity-Inspiration]

7 minutes ago, Ray S. said:

Check this:

Ok, for some reason, V1.8 shows only the original I showed before. Whole Document. v1.9 Beta shows as you have above.

But no difference. Exported and placed in Publisher. white background.

 

[Fixx]

That is a pixel image. I think EPS format does not support transparency in pixel images. You could add a clipping path I suppose, but those are not very simple things in Affinity either.

[v_kyr]

Probably since it's a pixel layer, if you use vector layers it should behave Ok.

[Affinity-Inspiration]

Well that's a nuisance. So now I have to do it the hard way.

Thanks.

[v_kyr]

 

• skippy.afdesign
• skippy.eps

Just vectorize that Skippy.

 

 

[Affinity-Inspiration]

51 minutes ago, v_kyr said:

Probably since it's a pixel layer, if you use vector layers it should behave Ok.

That’s it. I forgot about that. Thanks.

[Affinity-Inspiration]

1 hour ago, v_kyr said:

 

• skippy.afdesign
• skippy.eps 896.5 kB · 2 downloads

Just vectorize that Skippy.

 

 

Ah so. You vectorized skippy outside of Designer? 

I saw that, but Designer can’t do that right?

[v_kyr]

9 minutes ago, HarryMcGovern said:

Ah so. You vectorized skippy outside of Designer?

Yes. - I used a commercial tool  (SuperVectorizer) in this case for quicker turnarounds, though there are also free to use tracing apps and web based online solutions available (see for example).

9 minutes ago, HarryMcGovern said:

I saw that, but Designer can’t do that right?

Yes, Designer sadly doesn't have any such build-in capabilities, thus you have to use some third party tools as workarounds.

[Alfred]

2 hours ago, v_kyr said:

Just vectorize that Skippy.

There’s no need to vectorize it yourself. You can download the original in vector format from Shutterstock.

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/illustration-kangaroo-cartoon-186427286

[v_kyr]

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

There’s no need to vectorize it yourself. You can download ...

Don't know where the OP took that image from, or if it is/was there also available in other formats (a Google image search will probably provide xxx sources for it). - My point was more that he will need a vector representation of that one (instead of a JPG/PNG bitmap) in order to yield the EPS transparency background result he is looking after. - For bitmap images an EPS export won't preserve the transparency here (aka the alpha channel).

[Affinity-Inspiration]

3 hours ago, Alfred said:

There’s no need to vectorize it yourself. You can download the original in vector format from Shutterstock.

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/illustration-kangaroo-cartoon-186427286

Thanks, I know where the vector is. I’m trying to investigate Affinity’s lack of ability in this area is all.

 

5 hours ago, v_kyr said:

 

• skippy.afdesign
• skippy.eps 896.5 kB · 2 downloads

Just vectorize that Skippy.

 

 

So here’s what I’m talking about.

this is in Designer. The Skippy is the fully made eps that is shown above. Fully vectorised and eps.

the leaves are a layer as a curve and exported as an eps and placed on a green background.

the small leaves on the white background is the eps file, with transparency... placed on the layer. The background is now white.

In all it’s background options. I tried them all.

So I’m darned if I know. Maybe I just can’t place an eps image made with affinity?

 

 

[v_kyr]

1 hour ago, HarryMcGovern said:

the leaves are a layer as a curve and exported as an eps and placed on a green background.

the small leaves on the white background is the eps file, with transparency... placed on the layer. The background is now white.

Probably depends on, if the leaves have been exported as EPS with or without a background here. Since in the embedded little leaves EPS doesn't look to have a transparent background associated (or some white rect has been added there during export in the size of the initial green rect one of the initial doc).

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, HarryMcGovern said:

the small leaves on the white background is the eps file, with transparency... placed on the layer. The background is now white.

Can you provide that EPS file?

[Affinity-Inspiration]

On 1/30/2021 at 10:58 AM, v_kyr said:

 

• skippy.afdesign
• skippy.eps 896.5 kB · 9 downloads

Just vectorize that Skippy.

 

 

Can I ask, is that eps created by SuperVectorize?

 

[Affinity-Inspiration]

16 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Can you provide that EPS file?

Yes, there we are. 
obviously it’s not vectorised, just exported as an eps

Leaves Only.eps Leaves_Only.afdesign

[v_kyr]

45 minutes ago, HarryMcGovern said:

Can I ask, is that eps created by SuperVectorize?

No, I exported as a PDF/SVG from SuperVectorizer and then opened that in AD, removed a traced white rect, so the background is transparent and grouped all the remaining image curves. Afterwards exported the whole from AD as an EPS.

[Affinity-Inspiration]

Ah, so SuperDesigner is a third party app? 

[v_kyr]

32 minutes ago, HarryMcGovern said:

Yes, there we are. 
obviously it’s not vectorised, just exported as an eps

Well not sure what strange curve things you did there, but your leaves are just a bitmap fill on that grid like curve. So the leaves parts aren't vectors at all, instead just bitmap/raster pixels, thus it's no surprise you get a white background on export. - Use also plain vector leave drawings (something in pure vectors SVG, PDF format etc.) and not bitmaps!

[v_kyr]

5 minutes ago, HarryMcGovern said:

Ah, so SuperDesigner is a third party app? 

Sorry made a writing typo, meant here SuperVectorizer (a bitmap to vector tracing app) not SuperDesigner.