Affiinity Design export as pdf causes RGB to change to LAB colors

[Calvert]

For some reason, no matter what my settings are in a RGB document, when I export as pdf, unmask it in another program, Affinity had changed it to LAB causing issue with my rip software. Someone help me as I have tried every setting I can think of.

[Dan C]

Hi @Calvert,

Thanks for your report and I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble!

19 hours ago, Calvert said:

when I export as pdf, unmask it in another program

Can you please expand on what you mean in regards to 'unmask it in another program'?

Please also include a copy of your Affinity document, exported PDF file and screenshot of your export settings, so that we can investigate this further for you.

Many thanks in advance

[Calvert]

When AD exports a vector, it exports it with a mask on top. Once I open the pdf , I remove the mask leaving the original vectors, some of the colors had changed.

Since you cant export in .ai, and svg and eps never show up at correct scale, the pdf seems to be the best way for now to move between multiple programs.

[Dan C]

Thanks for confirming that for me -

18 hours ago, Calvert said:

When AD exports a vector, it exports it with a mask on top. Once I open the pdf , I remove the mask leaving the original vectors, some of the colors had changed.

This will depend on your specific document setup and PDF export settings, can you please provide a sample Affinity document which exports with a 'mask on top' as well as changing colours, alongside a screenshot of your PDF export settings so that I can investigate this further for you?