juliebm Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) hey there! I want to create vector outlines, the guideline is to color it 100% magenta and call it "kiss_cut" - which I did. when I was sending it to the printer, they shall cut on these vectors (some very different stickers all with a different outline) BUT now they tell me it is not vector based. why? what I did, I work with affinity publisher, I drew with the Path tool (P) around each sticker and made it a 1pt contour line in 100% magenta, called "kiss_cut" and then I export a PDF/X-3 to send it to the printer. So please, can you tell me why they got problems now, why is it not vector based, what shall I do to vector base it? thank you! Edited December 7, 2022 by juliebm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 9 hours ago, juliebm said: So please, can you tell me why they got problems now, why is it not vector based, what shall I do to vector base it? thank you! Hard to tell from just a screenshot. Normally works without an issue. Did you use FX, adjustments or non-vector brushes? Could you share your Affinity document here for further inspection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Always include the layers panel in a screenshot and any layers that are relevant expanded to see what's in them. The file would also help and I suspect there is rasterisation on export if these graphics are vectors. During export I would check under the Advanced section and in particular the Rasterise option can be set to Nothing. Quote iMac 27" Late 2019 Fully Loaded and running Monterey 12.6.6, iMac 27" Late 2013 running Catalina 10.15.7 - Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 14 hours ago, juliebm said: BUT now they tell me it is not vector based. why? Another guess: If the printer refers with "it" to the magenta ink channel while black objects are rasterized + contain magenta, too, then it / magenta is not vector only. Then one solution would require a black definition without magenta – or a spot colour for the cut contour curves: Since the contours are not meant to get printed but cut only the extra channel would have to get ignored for the printing. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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