Export PDF without layers doesn't work

[PragmaticPulse]

Hi there,

today I came (again) across a weird phenomena. I blacked out some parts of my current bank account statement. To prevent, that the recipient is able to remove the black bars by simply importing the document into a program like Affinity, I exported the PDF using these settings:

 

 

The part "Inklusive Ebenen" means "Including Layers".

Unfortunately, the exported PDF still includes all layers and hence the function seems not working. Is there anything I do wrong, or is this a bug?

Version Number: 1.10.6.1665

[Komatös]

Hi @PragmaticPulse

Ich nehme mal an, dass Du Affinity Publisher meinst.

Wenn die PDF bearbeitbaren Text hat kannst Du die Ebene rastern, Vermutlich hast Du zum schwärzen ein Rechteck darüber gelegt, wenn das eine Vektorebene ist muss auch diese gerastert werden. Danach kannst Du die gerasterte Textebene und das Rechteck zusammenlegen, Vorraussetzung ist hierbei, dass Du auch Affinity Photo besitzt um in die Pixel Persona wechseln zu können.

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @PragmaticPulse

Is there are specific reason why you want PDF output, rather than something like JPG or PNG?

[joe_l]

5 minutes ago, PragmaticPulse said:

Unfortunately, the exported PDF still includes all layers and hence the function seems not working. Is there anything I do wrong, or is this a bug?

This is due to a confusing nomenklatura. There are Layers and there are layers. If you look at the Layers panel you can add a Layer and move layers (elements I would call them) into it. When you use "Include layers" you just simply preserve the Layer structure (if there is), but unchecking does not mean you omit those layers. Perhaps you could turn the unwanted parts of your document invisible before export?

[PragmaticPulse]

Thanks for your quick replies!

I am indeed using Affinity Photo.

@joe_l Clicking the unwanted items invisible before exporting did the trick! These layers won't be included in the exported file anymore.

 

Thanks again for the quick help, danke euch für die schnelle Hilfe! :-)