andy-in-mke Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I’m getting ready to send some rack card pdf files to our service bureau when I noticed something strange... I’ve got a couple png files (done in Photoshop) embedded in the Affinity Designer file, and they look fine in Affinity Designer. But when I export them to PDF and open them in Apple Preview, I’m seeing things that I don’t like. In particular there’s a strange milky-white quality to the lower edge of one embedded object (see attachment) when it should be a smooth opacity gradient... In the second embedded object immediately below the first one, the lower edge of the object cuts off sharply when it should be a more gradual opacity gradient. Again, it displays properly in Designer but not in Preview. Is it going to print out this way? Is there a pdf exporting setting I need to use? Is there something else I need to tweak in the Photoshop > Designer > pdf Export pipeline? Thanks, Andy Paul Bravery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 4, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi Andy, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) I think you forgot to attach the images/files... Paul Bravery 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bravery Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi Andy, Have you tried opening the PDF in Adobe Reader/Acrobat Pro? Preview doesn't always handle PDF files the same way as Adobe. How does the PDF look if you open it in any other software that you have that can open PDF files? Also, as Miguel stated, please upload/attach the images/files, perhaps including the PDF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy-in-mke Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sorry, didn’t realize the attachment process had two steps. Here are the attachments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy-in-mke Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 And it appears I attached the same file twice. Sheesh! Hold on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy-in-mke Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi Andy, Have you tried opening the PDF in Adobe Reader/Acrobat Pro? Preview doesn't always handle PDF files the same way as Adobe. How does the PDF look if you open it in any other software that you have that can open PDF files? Also, as Miguel stated, please upload/attach the images/files, perhaps including the PDF? Hi Paul, It’s been so long since I’ve used Adobe Reader I don’t have it on my system. Just tried to install it and couldn’t. I double click on the Adobe Installer, I get the standard Apple dialog (“This is an application downloaded from the internet, are you sure you want to install it?”), I click OK, and then nothing happens. Nothing. The last two times I’ve tried to install Adobe software this has been the result. I did open up the pdf in several other apps: Photoshop Pixelmator AutoDesk Graphic (formerly iDraw) Intaglio Safari They all display the embedded graphics with the milky fringe. So at least it’s not just Preview. In fact the only app that displays this properly is Affinity Designer! :-) Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bravery Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi Andy, It looks like a transparency issue. Can you attach the PDF please? Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy-in-mke Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Paul, Here is the pdf. Andy Rack Card Death by Design 2016 - Back.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bravery Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Paul, Here is the pdf. Andy Hi Andy, It is definitely a transparency/flattening issue. Have you tried flattening/merging the layers with the montaged images? Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy-in-mke Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Hi Andy, It is definitely a transparency/flattening issue. Have you tried flattening/merging the layers with the montaged images? Paul. Paul -- I rasterized the embeds and now it looks good. Thanks. -- Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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