bonaventure Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I have created multiple layers in one Affinity Designer document. I want all layers to be exported into one PDF such that when I open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro, I can see each layer in the layers tab. My UV printer recognizes each layer of a PDF to differentiate gloss, white, and CMYK inks (3 separate layers, but all in the same document). I can export the document using file/export in Designer, but it saves everything into one layer when viewed in Acrobat Pro. I can create 3 separate PDFs using the export panel, but then I need to merge them in Acrobat Pro or Illustrator. Am I missing something? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted November 28, 2015 Staff Share Posted November 28, 2015 Hi Bonaventure, Please could you attach the PDF file that is exporting as just one layer so that I may look into this further? C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I'm afraid that the current Mac App Store version does not support exporting layers in PDF. The good news is that we plan to add that feature in an update before Christmas. If you don't want to wait, you can try using the Customer Beta for that update, which is available from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonaventure Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Great! Thank you. I can wait until the stable version is released. That's great news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonaventure Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Did this update come out with v. 1.4 in December? I can't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Yes, this is part of v 1.4. There's no specific UI for it; layers are always exported with their names. For example: New document Create a layer Add a shape Create a second layer Add a shape Export as PDF with any of the presets Open in Acrobat Pro Show the layers pane Layer 1 and Layer 2 are listed, and can be shown and hidden. I hope this is what you were expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonaventure Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 This is exactly what I was expecting but I can't replicate. After export there are no layers in Acrobat Pro, yet I can see the layers when exporting from Illustrator. I tried exporting using file/export. I tried creating slices for each layer, then exporting. I tried exporting with no slices. I get the same thing every time; a flat PDF without layers. I'll keep searching as I must be missing a button somewhere. Thanks for your fast reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonaventure Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Okay, I think I solved it. Strange solution but it worked. I had to create a new document with exact same document preferences (size,etc.). Then I recreated each layer by cutting and pasting between documents. Everything was exactly the same. Then I exported to PDF and the layers suddenly appear in Acrobat Pro. All I can figure is that the original Affinity file was created using the older version of Affinity. It didn't matter whether or not I saved it as a new name, it simply would not yield layers. But when I created a fresh file and copied the layers one by one, it worked. Strange. Hopefully it will continue to work moving forward. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 This surprises me because I would expect it to work for for old document too. If you can attach an example .afdesign file, or send one to the support email, I will take a look and find out what is happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonaventure Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 You'll see 5 layers. The word "Annie" has a different color on each layer. I also noticed in the new version that exported layers, the names of the layers did not all persist. Some of them were duplicated and others just said "content". I included the exported PDF that is not showing layers. affinity_layer_test.afdesign affinity_layer_test.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signguy Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I'm having the same issue with all of my documents as well. All my files were created with basically version 1.0 of Affinity Designer and I do not get any layers when I export. The print shop told me they don't like my files and now I know why. If I recreate a new file under v1.4.2 of AD and simply copy and past my layers over from an old version, the layers don't export. However, if I create a new layer in v1.4.2 and then I copy and past the contents of the layer over, the export works just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 It seems layers were sometimes getting optimised out. This will be fixed in a beta soon. Signguy, Patrick Connor and tobykpatterns 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alevax Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Hi we are using update 14.2we have same problem exporting layers on pdf, the file was created in this version, I tried to recreate a new file as written before but no way, by exporting all is merged into one layer.... this is making trouble on printing and having to go back to illustrator to rebuild layer isn't an option...can you tell me what to do?thanksAlevax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Alevax, can you try using the current beta for exporting to PDF? You can download the beta from the beta section of this forum. It's free for customers. (Best not to save documents from the beta, though, as they won't load into the Mac App Store app.) The Mac App Store will be updated with the beta in due course. Alevax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alevax Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 can you send me the link to download the beta? tks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 For Designer the link is in the first post of the first thread here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/15-affinity-designer-on-mac-beta/. For Photo the link is in the first post of the first thread here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/19-affinity-photo-on-mac-beta/. I'd rather not link directly to the file in case someone following the link misses the caveats in the forum posts. Alevax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alevax Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaDe Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 On 14.1.2016 at 11:18 AM, Dave Harris said: Yes, this is part of v 1.4. There's no specific UI for it; layers are always exported with their names. For example: New document Create a layer Add a shape Create a second layer Add a shape Export as PDF with any of the presets Open in Acrobat Pro Show the layers pane Layer 1 and Layer 2 are listed, and can be shown and hidden. I hope this is what you were expecting. Hello I`m now using version 1.6.0 and I just exported a pdf x3 with different layers - expecting that the layers are then shown in acrobate pro but they still aren`t ... what`s the problem with that issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 2 hours ago, DaDe said: Hello I`m now using version 1.6.0 and I just exported a pdf x3 with different layers - expecting that the layers are then shown in acrobate pro but they still aren`t ... what`s the problem with that issue? See your other post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Harstine Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I seem to be having the same problem with 16.1.93. Cannot figure out how to get it to export the layers so they are visible in Acrobat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaDe Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 On 16.12.2017 at 0:55 AM, MikeW said: See your other post... ... which other post? I tried everything I could find about this topic but the problemn seems not to be solved in the meantime - also see Kens`post below - he`s git the same problem with the new version ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted December 19, 2017 Staff Share Posted December 19, 2017 5 minutes ago, DaDe said: ... which other post? I tried everything I could find about this topic but the problemn seems not to be solved in the meantime - also see Kens`post below - he`s git the same problem with the new version ... This one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, DaDe said: ... which other post? One quick way to see your posts is to hover the pointer over your avatar next to one of your posts. After a moment a window will pop up with some info about your usage statistics & such. One of the items at the bottom is "Find Content." Click on that & a new page will open with them listed in it. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 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...
Zoli1989 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Hi everyone! I would have a question about pdf exporting. I have multiple artboards in my design and I want to export them in one pdf as separate pages BUT I would like to have a page which contains all the artboards together too. How should I do this? Is it possible at all without creating a new artboard with all the other artboards's contents which would be included when I export the "page" slice? Thx. Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisa5 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Hello guys, I am reading through this because I am still having troubles exporting a document with different layers. When opening the same document in adobe ai it just shows everything ungrouped in one layer - even though the original version hast multiple layers and many named groups. Is there something I am doing wrong? Thanks for your help!! Syl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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