Digital Mirror Posted February 29, 2016 Posted February 29, 2016 Hello, I am trying to export a logo that I have created using all vector layers.... yet when I export at 300 dpi as a PNG or SVG it ends up being blurry in the exported files. Am I missing some setting that rasterizes my file when I export it? Thank you~ Quote
Staff MEB Posted February 29, 2016 Staff Posted February 29, 2016 Hi Digital Mirror, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) There's a few situations that may rasterise some objects, like Layer Effects for example when exporting in a vector format. PNG is a raster format so all data will be rasterised. Without seeing the afdesign file is difficult to guess what's going on. Any chance you can upload it somewhere and post a link here so we can take look? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Peterkaosa Posted February 29, 2016 Posted February 29, 2016 png and svg are file types created for usage on screens. Therefor these types need to be rasterized – or to be more precise: png is a pixel file format that is always pixels, whereas .svg remains scalable (i.e. scalable vector graphic) but is still considered to be used on screens. And screens do work with pixels, so .svg must show pixels. To avoid this behavior you should export as PDF or EPS (though I am pretty sure Affinity creates a PDF file while exporting as EPS anyway.) Quote
Digital Mirror Posted February 29, 2016 Author Posted February 29, 2016 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxsv7SdXaHrDQWEzalhhMFBUMEE/view?usp=sharing Thank you both, I was under the impression that PNG and SVG were working with vectors... so now I know. I have checked for layer effects, but havent found anything.... I have tried to make sure I am working with pure vectors. When I export the slice as a PDF, it shows the arms and part of the bg in a stripe of pixels.... which I do not understand at all. Thank you for your help! Quote
Dave Harris Posted March 1, 2016 Posted March 1, 2016 SVG is a vector format, but there are Affinity features it does not support, and these get rasterised. Examples include Layer effects, blend modes, complex transparency, complex brushes, conical fills... if you use the File > Export dialog, there will be a parenthetical comment next to the DPI field which will tell you if anything will be rasterised. Likewise with PDF and EPS, although the exact features they support varies. We do export EPS as genuine EPS, not PDF, as you can tell if you open the files in TextEdit. Quote
Oval Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 .... which I do not understand at all. Thank you for your help! Very easy, don’t know why it was not explained in detail. :( Just use vectorial masks (instead of pixel based). Just for a quick test: Delete your raw pixel based masks and export a pdf … :) Just ask if you need more information. Quote
Digital Mirror Posted March 31, 2016 Author Posted March 31, 2016 Hi Digital Mirror, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) There's a few situations that may rasterise some objects, like Layer Effects for example when exporting in a vector format. PNG is a raster format so all data will be rasterised. Without seeing the afdesign file is difficult to guess what's going on. Any chance you can upload it somewhere and post a link here so we can take look? I still have no idea why my file is not exporting without rasterizing. I have no layer masks that I know of in this file and I do not have FX. Can someone help me with this? Here is the designer file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxsv7SdXaHrDdUlNcWJVWGFRbVU/view?usp=sharing THANK YOU :) Quote
Oval Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 I still have no idea why my file is not exporting without rasterizing. That was answered. :( In your new file you have adjustments (result in exported bitmaps) and a mess of curves. Delete some of the unneeded ones and exchange the rectangles with the gradient. Is it from a clipart library? Quote
Digital Mirror Posted March 31, 2016 Author Posted March 31, 2016 Oh thank you Oval, I know you answered before, I just did not understand still since I did not see any masks or FX. What are adjustments? Thank you for your help. And no, this is not clipart, I made this.... why do you ask? If it was clipart, wouldnt it all be flattened? Quote
Oval Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 … What are adjustments? … And no, this is not clipart, I made this.... why do you ask? If it was clipart, wouldnt it all be flattened? If you made it, you have used them. Please, have a look into the Affinity Designer Help. Placing (cheap) cliparts sometimes can cause errors. After placing you can change everything. Even if it was flattened. Quote
Digital Mirror Posted March 31, 2016 Author Posted March 31, 2016 Damn, well I am a little disheartened that my art comes off as cheap clipart, but I will look into adjustments and get better in no time. Blessings. Quote
Oval Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Don’t be disheartened: The cheapest work can be much better than expensive works. Quote
Immary Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 I have trouble exporting in eps. In the export persona, I have stated rasterise nothing, yet I still have my image rejected for containing raster elements. I did not use adjustments or layer effects. I did not use any sort of brush. Just pen mode and some basic shapes given in AD Beta. So how can I know which part of my image was rasterised? I did have some colour gradients in my image (using fill tool, elliptical and linear type). Could this be the cause? Quote
Staff MEB Posted April 6, 2016 Staff Posted April 6, 2016 Hi Immary, No, colour gradients will not be rasterised if the Postscript level is set to 3 in the Export dialog. Are you using any transparency (on gradients, layers opacity, color opacity etc)? If you upload the file we may be able to help. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Madame Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Hi. I downloaded the google drive file. You have some adjustment layers. (Black and white adjustments).I deleted them, but I still got the message that "some areas would be rasterized) (The adjustments are the white squares in the layers panel -yes I know, it's a steep learning curve ;) ) Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2
Staff MEB Posted April 6, 2016 Staff Posted April 6, 2016 Digital Mirror, If you hide all adjustments on your file (3 adjustment layers) it will export as vectors (SVG) using any preset except SVG (flatten). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Madame Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Yes. -I just realised if you choose the default which is "SVG (flatten)" the document will be rasterised.Chose one of the others in the drop down box. Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2
Immary Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 MEB, yes the export was on Postscript 3 and I did not use any transparency. May I send the file to you privately MEB? The image is already on sale now (jpg format) so I don't want to share it publicly in here. I couldn't sell the vector format though because the agency claimed the image has raster elements. Quote
Staff MEB Posted April 6, 2016 Staff Posted April 6, 2016 Hi Immary, Yes, just PM me the link or upload it directly to my Dropbox account using this link as you prefer. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Immary Posted April 7, 2016 Posted April 7, 2016 MEB, thanks for wanting to help. I have pm my Google Drive link to you. I don't mind if you share your findings in this forum for the learning benefit of others. Quote
Digital Mirror Posted May 3, 2016 Author Posted May 3, 2016 Ok.... so now I have regular vector brushes causing it to rasterise..... why would that be? https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxsv7SdXaHrDMGxnU1dmVTNoUXc/view?usp=sharing Quote
Digital Mirror Posted May 3, 2016 Author Posted May 3, 2016 I love affinity, it saved me from Adobe.... but exporting has been such a pain and has cost me clients due to not being able to figure out how to export as pure vectors. Shouldn't vector brushes export as vectors? Quote
Staff MEB Posted May 3, 2016 Staff Posted May 3, 2016 No, if they are based on images/raster textures (nozzle). For example the Textured and Image categories use them (you can easily see this if you zoom in a little). Digital Mirror 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Digital Mirror Posted May 25, 2016 Author Posted May 25, 2016 Thank you MEB for all of your help! I really appreciate it, and I am getting better at exporting pure vectors! Quote
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