Graphic74 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Hi, i did check and search everywhere (Iat least I hope) before to open this thread. The problem is PDF seems ignoring the transparency i applied on those lines (i attached PDF and afpub file). It work if I apply the transparency to any single lines and doesn't work (no matter which type of PDF) when I apply the transparency to the group of those lines. I did try with square objects etc with always same result as you can see from the PDF. Did I something wrong or is a bug? Thanks in advance to anyone can help. test.pdf Test.afpub Test 2.pdf Test 2.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Works for me with all PDF presets. Using the brand new v1.9.3 already but I'm not aware of any relevant bug fixes compared to v1.9.2. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graphic74 Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Just updated to 1.9.3 me too and I get the same result, no gradient/transparency on grouped elements when exporting PDF. Maybe it's because I'm on m1 (Big Sur 11.2.3)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, Graphic74 said: Maybe it's because I'm on m1 (Big Sur 11.2.3)? Could be. I can't tell: IntEl Capitan MacBook Pro with no update option to Bug Sir… Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted April 19, 2021 Staff Share Posted April 19, 2021 In the More section of the PDF Export screen in the Rasterize section select the option Everything and the gradient on the lines will be exported in the PDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, DWright said: in the Rasterize section select the option Everything and the gradient on the lines will be exported in the PDF ??? Why? Rasterizing everything is definitely the last thing you would want to do when exporting PDF. And as already noted, I can't find anything that's broken in the provided afpub files. All gradients export as expected in true vector. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graphic74 Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 14 hours ago, DWright said: In the More section of the PDF Export screen in the Rasterize section select the option Everything and the gradient on the lines will be exported in the PDF Thx a lot but even that way doesn't work. Already tried every possible combination (hope so) so far with no success. I have to re-apply the transparency to each object one by one, that's the only solution for this 'bug' on m1 MacBook Air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graphic74 Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 14 hours ago, loukash said: ??? Why? Rasterizing everything is definitely the last thing you would want to do when exporting PDF. And as already noted, I can't find anything that's broken in the provided afpub files. All gradients export as expected in true vector. My english is most probably horrible but im a graphic designer since 1995. I understand you 'noted' but that doesn't mean that this bug doesn't exist. And the solution offered by DWright would be great as I don't care about vectosr for a lot of works like for a catalogue (A4 size 300dpi) would be a nice workaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Graphic74 Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Thank you Lagarto, let's hope they will fix it in the next release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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