David.P Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 There are two vector shapes in the attached file that behave strangely during further processing. I can't figure out why though. If these shapes are exported e.g. as SVG and then imported and further processed in PowerPoint, then PowerPoint converts them to bitmaps sooner or later, at the latest when printing from PowerPoint to PDF. This always happens with these two shapes, whereas all other vector shapes are never converted to bitmaps even when printing them to PDF from PowerPoint Do any of you know what strange special property these two shapes have so that this always happens? 'strange' shapes.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatGuy Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 From my (admittedly limited) experience with vectors in powerpoint I'm not convinced it works very well in this regard, I cleaned the shapes up a bit where there were overlapping nodes or the like, maybe that's a problem. 'strange' shapes.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Utterly unfamiliar with Power Point so I can't say why it is converting the shapes. However the two shapes are actually three curves, one is a curve layer the second is a curves layer. That may be part of it. You can go to Layer > Geometry > Separate Curves to make it into two curve layers. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David.P Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Thanks very much. For some reason, now I can't seem to reproduce the problem with these shapes anymore at the moment. I'll report back as soon as I find out more, or when I come across such 'funny' shapes again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Old Bruce said: However the two shapes are actually three curves, one is a curve layer the second is a curves layer. Also, all three shapes are open curves. Maybe that is part of it too? Old Bruce 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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