thadeusz Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 When using a vector clipping mask on PDF export my image ist rasterized. When removed (and in my case I could just hide outside areas with a white object) everything works as expected and noting gets rasterized. Maytown-Button-1.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted May 24, 2022 Staff Share Posted May 24, 2022 Can you please confirm the PDF export options that you are using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadeusz Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 I'm using PDF 1.5 (Acrobat 5), CMYK, FOGRA 39, color space converted, Rasteriziation only for unsupported features. This is my normal export preset for printing CMYK. As I wrote, when clipping mask is removed, the same document with the same preset is not rasterized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 14 minutes ago, thadeusz said: As I wrote, when clipping mask is removed, the same document with the same preset is not rasterized. How about a different order for your clipping mask? Maytown-Button-1-clipping.afpub Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadeusz Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Hm, that works. But how is it done? For clipping I'd normally take a vector element, fill it and then drag it onto a group or object and it becomes a vector clipping mask. I'd be interested to know, how you have done your clipping mask. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, thadeusz said: I'd be interested to know, how you have done your clipping mask. I just dragged the Group into the Clipping Mask (no fill or stroke colour). Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadeusz Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Thank you! That works fine for me. So, it's better to forget the other way to create a clipping mask. For me that's clearly a bug, that needs to be fixed - beside having a different way that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 47 minutes ago, thadeusz said: For clipping I'd normally take a vector element, fill it and then drag it onto a group or object and it becomes a vector clipping mask. That’s masking or cropping. For clipping, you need to do it the other way around, as @joe_l described: 36 minutes ago, joe_l said: I just dragged the Group into the Clipping Mask (no fill or stroke colour). thomaso 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Alfred said: That’s masking or cropping. For clipping, you need to do it the other way around, as @joe_l described: Like the OP I would expect both ways to work the same, in particular because Affinity has a special tool for such moments: • The Vector Crop Tool. This is also known to force resampling for cropped images on export – whereas a Picture Frame does not. • Is there any technical reason or need for rasterisation on export? • And why only for 1 of 2 ways? Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, thomaso said: • Is there any technical reason or need for rasterisation on export? • And why only for 1 of 2 ways? I don’t know, Thomas. It may be related to the fact that a cropping object completely disappears from view but the parts of a clipping object that lie outside of the target remain visible. However, that’s just guesswork on my part. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadeusz Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 It doesn't matter, how you call it. It's the same thing I'm trying to achieve, but one of them is rasterised without any reason. For me it's a bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Alfred said: It may be related to the fact that a cropping object completely disappears from view but the parts of a clipping object that lie outside of the target remain visible. Unlikely. Here the orange cropped object is fully visible (visually un-cropped) but gets rasterized – while the green is truly cropped but NOT rasterized. –> Rasterization seems to be caused by the involved Group layer. Note, the mask is nested inside the Group + the object is below the mask. So the mask is neither nested in the object (as with the green object) – nor is the object nested inside its cropping mask – as it would be in a clipping mask with the group as nested object. However, here the rasterization appears not only confusing but unnecessary, too. – I agree, it occurs buggy. Alfred 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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