Affinity Designer - Bleed only on first Artboard

[Rico21]

Hi everyone I hope someone can help me.

I have two artboards in my Affinity Designer Document. I set a Bleed of 3mm. But when I want to export the document to a PDF, the bleed is only displayed on the first artboard. And I dont know why. Is there a hidden setting for each artboard? Or do I miss something else?

[Old Bruce]

Hi and welcome to the forums @Rico21,

Are you using the File > Export... menu command or the Export Persona?

If I am going to export more than one thing I use the Export Persona and select the slices in the Slices panel then set the export format and options so the options are applied to all the artboards (in this case). If you don't have all the desired slices selected when you set the options ( include Bleed in this case) then the option will be applied only to the one slice which was selected.

[Rico21]

Hi Old Bruce

I use File > Export. I got the same results when I use Export Persona. Even if I export it in two files. And both artboards or slices are selected.

Any other Ideas?

[Old Bruce]

How are you aware that there is no bleed on one of the artboards? Do you have something extending into the bleed and another thing butted right against the artboard's edge?

[Rico21]

Yes, exactly. Please look at the Print-Screens. I want that the second Page also extends over the cutting edges.

[Lee D]

@Rico21As long as both artboards have bleed areas setup and when exporting to PDF you make sure Include Bleed is enabled it should be on both. Can you see the bleed areas as you look at your document in Designer? If you can provide a copy of your document to be checked, as it may be something quick and easy to resolve.

[Rico21]

Well, I think they are both set. But I would be happy if you can help me. I really think I am missing something.

 

Edited May 12, 2021 by Rico21

[Dazmondo77]

2 hours ago, Rico21 said:

Well, I think they are both set. But I would be happy if you can help me. I really think I am missing something.

Opened your file and tried a few PDF exports and I have the same result - sorry Rico21

I've had this problem a few times in the past - never found a solution for a multi artboard documents (before Publisher) my designer workaround was to do all pages separately - thankfully publisher always nails it.

Now if I'm doing book illustrations in Designer, usually 3 pages at a time, I always make the page size to include bleed (so in this case trim size + 6mm W & H) then export to size and put the book together in Publisher which handles bleed properly

Sorry boss

[Old Bruce]

The Levels layer and the Perspective layers are the source of the problem. Rasterize and delete the Levels and all is good.

Plus you have a lot of stuff that is not showing, text and a curve. Leave that to the reader as an exercise.

[Rico21]

Hey Dazmondo77. Thank you for your time.

Hey Old Bruce. You got the Solution! Thank You. But what do you mean with ... not showing, text and a curve. Leave that to the reader as an exercise.

 

[Old Bruce]

There is some text stuff which doesn't show, I'll let you find it.

[Rico21]

😁 Thank you Bruce

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