Transparency Gradients Producing Unexpected Results

[PinguStoleMyUsername]

Hi there,

I'm having an issue with exporting images with a transparency gradient, as you can see in the first attached image the bubbles I've drawn look as they should, and as they did when I exported in 1.8.5.

However when I export the same image in 1.9.0 it looks like this:

 There's a few other places I've used this technique in the project with similar results, but  this is the simplest example. In case it's helpful here is the settings that I have used for the gradient, the ellipses have a grey fill with 20% transparency as well, with the highlights being separate shapes inside them.

 

Here's a version without the gradient overlay:

Thanks in advance

[Jowday]

Smells like a regression in 1.9. Serif will probably ask if you can share an example file for investigating the problem - if the problem is not already known to them. Please have one ready - it will speed up the proces if it is indeed a bug (and it looks like it is).

[PinguStoleMyUsername]

Hi there,

Thank you Jowday for your reply! I've made a copy of the document and stripped everything else out, checked it's still exporting wrong, and it is, so this should do the trick hopefully.

I also spent a little while yesterday double checking it's not something to do with the blend mode or the export presets to no success, but did find a potential work around (adding the gradient overlay as a separate shape over the top of each), it's just going to be significantly more annoying to do in more complex parts of the project.

Thanks

 

Example Document.afdesign

[MEB]

Thanks for the file and report  @PinguStoleMyUsername. Issue logged to be looked at.

[PinguStoleMyUsername]

Thanks MEB

Let me know if you need anything else

[PinguStoleMyUsername]

Just updated to 1.9.1, still as above

[Komatös]

Maybe it will help you in a hurry. Export the file to svg format, load the svg file and export it to the format of your choice. 

Not the prettiest solution, but a solution for now! I've exported the svg to jpg.

 

Edited March 21, 2021 by Komatös

[PinguStoleMyUsername]

Hi Komatös,

thanks for the suggestion, I think I'd tried exporting to a couple of different formats, but didn't think to try svg (I should probably be using that anyway tbh).

I'm not in a rush for a solution, I just thought I'd try on the new release.