soundnpicture Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Hallo, working with AD is really great, thanks a lot. Exporting a poster containing text with FX (shadow, glow, ...) and masked elements as PDF, there are artefacts and problems with masked elements. jpg looks fine. thanks regards, Ralf 151203_Kiko-Gutschein_A4_CMYK.pdf 151203_PDF-Exp_Probs.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herojas93 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Same problem to me... I think I was testing all the options at PDF export window but nothing. That sample is without JPG compression, raster 400ppp and no fonts. Again problems with shadows, fx effects, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted December 3, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 3, 2015 It is possible to attach a copy of the Affinity file to this thread? I will then be able to investigate. Feel free to PM me a link to the file if that's better for you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herojas93 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Thanks Leigh, I have sent you a PM with links. I believe the problem is artboard function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundnpicture Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 Thanks Leigh, -> PM I don't use artboard in this file ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted December 4, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 4, 2015 Thanks for PMs - I will take a look asap :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarian Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Good Morning, One of the things that I note in soundnpicture's PDF file (after having opened it in Acrobat to check the properties) is that it was exported as a PDF/X-1a specification file. PDF/X-1a does not utilize the information necessary for the proper rendering of transparency effects in its files. You can only get true transparency in PDF-X/4 and above. I also noted that Acrobat also reads the trapping as "false". This may also account for the artifacts displayed at the periphery of your shadows and glows. An old trick that designers used with Photoshop is the dreaded "make several versions" workflow that was used prior to the creation of Adjustment Layers in version 6.0. In a variation of that for our purposes using Designer, I would try the following: Create a copy of your original AD file, flatten it/merge all visible layers and publish that to PDF. The flattened file now has the FX information flattened into one artwork layer; granted, it is no longer editable, but that is why you have the original saved. The flattened file should export to PDF/X-1a without incident as there is now a perfect lack of transparency information to be read/interpreted. If this does not work, reopen the copied file in Photo (or export from Designer as a flattened JPG, PSD or TIFF). This should rasterize ALL elements within the design and completely flatten it out and export to PDF from there. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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