Pbj Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I have a bit of trouble exporting my layout. The layout contains qr-codes. I have imported them as png (Only 2 Colors, black&white into affinity publisher and when I zoom in affinity I get clear edges (black/white) no matter how far i zoom in. However, as soon as I export them as png for example the edges are getting washed out and therefor contain more colors then the previous two (black&white). Since this qr Codes are for a print product I see problems with the end result because of this. Is there any way I can export these in two colors(black&white) and preserve the details on the edges? Any help is very much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Hi @Pbj Which colour profile does the document have? And which colour profile do you use for export? Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbj Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 I set the document colour profile to iso coated 300 V2 and also try to export it in this setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BofG Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Change "resample" to "nearest neighbour" on the export settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy05 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 On top of all this, check, if pixel alignment is active. Otherwise your QR code might be placed on a fraction of a pixel, which causes anti aliasing on export. Quote »A designer's job is to improve the general quality of life. In fact, it's the only reason for our existence.«Paul Rand (1914-1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbj Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 Thank you all for reaching in. With your help I managed to get clear edges. However as soon as I try to export the layout in CMYK the black is getting a mixture of all colours and not CMYK(0,0,0,100). If I export it as RGB the black stays black. What could be the problem here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Image below shows part of your QR code magnified a bit Top is original Bottom, inverted, has curve applied, see attachment Understand that I know 5/8 of not a lot about CMYK so if this is tripe I'm sorry QRcodeCurve.afphoto Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatino Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Pbj said: However as soon as I try to export the layout in CMYK the black is getting a mixture of all colours and not CMYK(0,0,0,100). If I export it as RGB the black stays black. What could be the problem here? Document: CMYK/IsoCoated_v2_300 QR-Codes: RGB (Please press the "K only" button.) CMYK-Test: Quote Thanks to DeepL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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