Gear maker Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Where is the changing background colour button, slider, whatsit? Have I missed the answer to this question? Has anyone figured out how to do this? iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelg Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I bought Affinity Designer today from the app store but when I export a pdf it's only exporting as 72 dpi, I want it to be 350 dpi to send to a professional printer. Exporting to tiff cmyk as 350 dpi works but the printer I'm using prefers pdf. I was hoping that designer beta would allow me to export a pdf properly but I downloaded the one from this post and it won't open. It takes me to the app store saying that I need a purchased version, which I have. Please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hi Hazelg, welcome to the forums. This beta is now redundant as the Mac App Store version is the most up to date version available. That's why it won't run. Affinity Designer can export PDFs at 350 DPI, but that resolution only affects raster/bitmap graphics, not vector. Vector graphics use a decimal representation, and the DPI doesn't matter for them. Do you think your project is using 72 DPI for raster? In File > Export > PDF, after the Raster DPI control there should be a note; if that says "(Nothing will be rasterised)" there should be nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Have I missed the answer to this question? Has anyone figured out how to do this? I am still waiting on this too Gear maker... http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelg Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hi Hazelg, welcome to the forums. This beta is now redundant as the Mac App Store version is the most up to date version available. That's why it won't run. Affinity Designer can export PDFs at 350 DPI, but that resolution only affects raster/bitmap graphics, not vector. Vector graphics use a decimal representation, and the DPI doesn't matter for them. Do you think your project is using 72 DPI for raster? In File > Export > PDF, after the Raster DPI control there should be a note; if that says "(Nothing will be rasterised)" there should be nothing to worry about. I followed the steps as you said above. The pdf document comes out fine on my screen but when uploaded to the printer's website it says that the pdf is 72x72 dpi. I just went ahead and sent them a tiff image instead of a pdf but I would like to know if there's something I'm missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hazelg, If you could attach or send me the PDF and .afdesign file, I'll take a look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelg Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hazelg, If you could attach or send me the PDF and .afdesign file, I'll take a look at it. I couldn't figure out how to attach files directly so here's a link to them on dropbox. Let me know if you can't access them. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5r3s12fai4t92mp/Rack%20Card%20Final%20-%20Front.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/n6a6t7r5i4h0ht8/Rack%20Card%20Final%20-%20Front.afdesign?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 One other issue I've been having is when Cmd + Dragging over a variety of objects to group them (or re-group them—in some cases certain items may be in an existing group and other items aren't, and I'd like to instead put them all into a new group, the position of the various elements almost always moves around when I hit "Group" rather than staying in place. The only exception is when I Cut and Paste all of the layers, then group them—then they stay in place. Happened to me as well smallreflection 1 UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 So can we delete the Beta 4 now? Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I just wish they fixed the text box PS import bug. All my text moves to the top left corner :( It’s been months now and no fix in sight. UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I couldn't figure out how to attach files directly so here's a link to them on dropbox. Let me know if you can't access them. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5r3s12fai4t92mp/Rack%20Card%20Final%20-%20Front.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/n6a6t7r5i4h0ht8/Rack%20Card%20Final%20-%20Front.afdesign?dl=0 Thanks. I opened the PDF in Affinity Designer, went through all the images and they all seemed to be at least 350 DPI. I've no idea why the printer's web site thinks it is 72 DPI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 So can we delete the Beta 4 now? Yes, it's now obsolete since we released 1.4.1 on the App Store. A new beta with new developments will start again soon. Twitter: @Writer_DaleAffinity apps run on: Ryzen 5 3600, 32GB RAM, GTX1650 Super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelg Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thanks. I opened the PDF in Affinity Designer, went through all the images and they all seemed to be at least 350 DPI. I've no idea why the printer's web site thinks it is 72 DPI. OK, thanks Dave...on my next order I'll give it another try and I'll let you know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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