Brahim Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 Dear Affinity team, When we upload a PDF into Affinity to edit it, there are often misaligned texts, missing fonts and problems loading certain elements. A proposal to solve all these problems: Allow PDF pages to be loaded into affinity as images. We can add this function as an additional option that the user can choose when opening a PDF with affinity (Ex. open pages as images). If possible, I would like to be notified if this function is added. Thanks for the great work you do, Brahim BAZEMLAL Quote
GarryP Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 Welcome to the forums @Brahim If the software cannot load/place the PDF normally without problems, how can it load the PDF as an image without those same problems occurring? If it loads it wrong without conversion then it will load it wrong with conversion. Or, to put that another way, if the software had the ability to load the PDF as a ‘perfect’ image it would have the ability to load the PDF ‘perfectly’ without conversion to an image so this functionality would not be needed. (‘Image-only’ or scanned PDFs only contain images so this wouldn’t be relevant as the software could only load the images.) Note: To get notifications about new features you may want to Follow some relevant beta software threads: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/32-beta-software-forums/ Quote
Pšenda Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 48 minutes ago, Brahim said: Allow PDF pages to be loaded into affinity as images. However, in addition to vector/text form, all pages would have to be inserted into the PDF file as a raster bitmap. Can you imagine how "gigantic" these files would be? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
wonderings Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 You can load a PDF in Publisher without it being editable, so you don't have to worry about Affinity doing anything wonky with missing fonts, or anything else. You can't have it editable and not editable at the same time, though I think it might be a translation issue. Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Brahim said: Allow PDF pages to be loaded into affinity as images. You can already load PDF pages as images. Use the Place Tool, and the Passthrough mode on the Context Toolbar. But at that point they are not editable, so I am confused by your topic title of "PDF Editing". Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
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