Princess95 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Hi, I'm working on making a journal page (300 DPI). When exporting my document as a jpg (best) the lines weight looks funny, some them look darker, and thicker. I have double, triple checked if in my document I have different size or the colors are different; nope everything looks the way it supposed to. I made the lines using the pen tool. Don't know what I'm missing. I need your advice on how to fix this issue. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Welcome to the forum @Princess95 Seriously I really need to read better lol! Why are you exporting as jpeg best? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess95 Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 @firstdefenceThank you. I'm using Affinity Publisher on a Mac. When I exported the journal page (simple page with lines across the page for writing) as a JPG it gives me the option under preset to choose JPGS (best quality). Resample - Bilinear. Quality - 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess95 Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 @firstdefnce LOL! I would like to use it with the Procreate app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 It might be better to export as a PNG and or a TIFF file to maintain a better quality export, the file size will generally be larger but I think it would solve the issue. As for why this is happening, it could be a viewing issue, so if you view the jpeg at 100% does it still have variable lines? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 15, 2021 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2021 Hi @Princess95, Welcome to the Affinity Forums Could you please provide a copy of your .afpub file and the exported JPEG, so that we can investigate this further? Are you seeing the issues in the exported JPEG when previewing the file externally, or are you importing the JPEG to Procreate, where you're then seeing this issue? Many thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BofG Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I'm going to bet that it's anti-aliasing. Some lines falling on whole pixels, some not. firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess95 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) Thank you guys. @firstdefence I exported as PNG as well as TIFF and no changes. @BofG I couldn't find the anti-aliasing setting, could you please tell me where it is located? @Dan C 8.5 X 11 .afpub Edited October 15, 2021 by Princess95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 A quick look showed that you chose 0.3 points, that doesn't make a 2 pixel thick line. The minimum thickness you can have is 1 pixel and then you have to have the lines on the nn.5 pixel X location so it will be a pixel wide and not be antialiased. Then you can have a 2 pixel wide line and that has to be on the nn.0 pixel X location. If you are needing to export to pixel format such as JPEG then you should design the document using Pixels as the Unit of Measurement and have Snap to pixels turned on and turn off Move by Whole Pixels. Even change the Preference to Uncheck Always show lines and type as points in Preferences > User Interface. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | 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...
BofG Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 44 minutes ago, Princess95 said: I couldn't find the anti-aliasing setting, could you please tell me where it is located? I don't know if Publisher has it, in Designer it's possible. A search on here will turn up help on that. The thing is, turning it off will just move the problem - you'll have crisp lines but uneven spacing. If you want it to look right, then as @Old Bruce has said, you need to create it differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 15, 2021 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2021 Thanks for your file! I converted your document to use Pixels as the Units, rather than Inches. I used the Transform Studio to make sure all your lines were 'pixel aligned' I navigated to Preferences > User Interface and made sure 'Show Lines in Points' was unchecked. I selected all the Curve objects and set their width to 2px. With all the Curves selected, under Blend Ranges, I set Anti-aliasing to Force Off. Now when viewing your document at 100%, all of the lines are displayed at the same width, do note when viewing at less than 100% zoom, Affinity uses Mipmaps to display the canvas, which may mean some lines appear thicker than others, but this will not be shown when exporting. Please find a screen recording below showing these steps, alongside a copy of the edited file and my exported JPEG files after making these changes - https://www.dropbox.com/s/h5lbw1wdyiuqdev/2021-10-15 16-05-41.mp4?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/olajkjwmdbffhx0/AADoNPPYFarLbqxNI9Isj8F2a?dl=0 I hope this helps Princess95 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess95 Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 @Old Bruce @BofG @Dan C Thank you so much for your help ☺️ @Dan C I don't have words to say how much I appreciate what you've done. You are amazing! 😊 Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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