Kelly Bellis Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) (Windows) Affinity Publisher If a (vector PDF) layer's blend mode gets set to anything other than Normal; e.g., Multiply, Screen, etc., that layer is simply not being included in the exported PDF. Does this bug have any workaround(s)? Edited September 29, 2022 by Kelly Bellis Update title to reflect workaround Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, Kelly Bellis said: If a (vector PDF) layer's blend mode gets set to anything other than Normal; e.g., Multiply, Screen, etc., that layer is simply not being included in the exported PDF. Works fine for me. In Publisher: In exported PDF: So, it's going to be something about your file, and not as simple as "it just doesn't work". Can you supply the .afpub file and PDF for us to examine? Kelly Bellis 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Bellis Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Thanks for the reply Walt! I'm not sure if the PDF file [Mapping Sullivan RR - vector data for Page 5.pdf] that's being overlaid onto [Mapping Sullivan RR - Page 5.pdf], both of which are generated in Global Mapper Pro v24.0, is at fault, or if there's something else going on. The APub exported file [Blend mode test.pdf] is using Normal, while [test.pdf] was using a non-Normal blend setting for the layer [Mapping Sullivan RR - vector data for Page 5.pdf] Blend mode test.afpub Blend mode test.pdf test.pdf walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Bellis Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 FWIW - InDesign handles blend mode in ID.pdfthis same dataset without issue. blend mode in ID.indd Mapping Sullivan RR - vector data for Page 5.pdf Mapping Sullivan RR - Page 5.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Bellis Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 I should also point out that these are multi-layered PDF files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted September 28, 2022 Staff Share Posted September 28, 2022 Hi @Kelly Bellis, Sorry to hear you're having trouble! I can confirm that the 'digital -high quality' PDF preset that you have selected doesn't support 'Advanced Features' by default, which are required for this document setup. If you open the Export dialog, then select the 'More...' options, in the dialog that appears, scroll to the bottom of the list and make sure that 'Allow Advanced Features' is ticked: You should now find these layers, and the blend mode, are included when exporting Kelly Bellis 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Bellis Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Thanks @DanC - that certainly did make a difference! Much appreciated!! 👍 Is there anyway to preserve the geospatial aspects of the original PDFs in the AfPub PDF export? For example, in the files that I uploaded earlier, you can open; e.g., https://forum.affinity.serif.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=242091&key=18a3760a9185778eca6a5d9fe6c5bd4d in most GIS software and it will be correctly placed on the map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted September 28, 2022 Staff Share Posted September 28, 2022 No problem at all, I'm happy to help! 14 minutes ago, Kelly Bellis said: there anyway to preserve the geospatial aspects of the original PDFs in the AfPub PDF export? I'm not personally familiar with this in regards to PDFs or GIS software, my apologies - do you know where this information is saved in the PDF file you've linked to? As I've checked this document within Acrobat Preflight and I cannot see any additional information that defines this. For example, I've compared the Metadata of the PDF you've provided to the PDF that Affinity generates and it appears almost identical, so I'm not 100% certain where this information would be stored. Kelly Bellis 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Bellis Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Thank you @DanC for your reply. I'll try and find you the best answer to your question; and in the meantime, you can try dragging and dropping the geo-PDFs (linked above) and dropping them in Global Mapper. This method of drag & drop placement applies to tons of other spatial data including any photos taken on your device with location turned on - immediate spatial gratification You can down load a free, fully functioning trial of Global Mapper to play with here: https://www.bluemarblegeo.com/global-mapper/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Bellis Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Here's the skinny from the developer: There is a Wiki page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geospatial_PDF with some description. There are also details for the Adbove standard encoding at https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000315.shtml, and the TerraGo GeoPDF encoding at https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=40537 . For the Adobe standard, the measure dictionary is where the information is pulled from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted September 29, 2022 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2022 Many thanks for providing this information for me, it's certainly helpful! I can confirm however that the Affinity apps are unable to create or retain this information when exporting to PDF currently, as it requires an additional library that we don't include, my apologies. However this makes for a great feature request for a future version, so I will be sure to log this as a request with our developers in our internal log now. In the meantime, a suggested workaround has been provided here, though untested; I hope this clears things up Kelly Bellis 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Bellis Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 That's great! Thank you for any consideration toward maintaining geospatial integrity when working with geoPDFs. Please note that I have edited the title of this thread to reflect the blend mode issue first mentioned above and the workaround for Presets not allowing it. Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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