imacken Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 See attached png and the exported Photo GIF. Spot the difference! (Happens in the latest beta as well.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 28, 2016 Staff Share Posted April 28, 2016 Hi imacken, That's expected. GIF only supports single-bit transparency (one colour only) whereas PNG supports 256 levels of transparency. That's why you get smoother results when using a transparent PNG. But the shadow and the circle should have been drawn/rendered... I'm checking this... Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 I understand that, but my point was that there are parts missing. See the pupil in the 'eye'. It disappears when Photo exports to gif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 28, 2016 Staff Share Posted April 28, 2016 Yes, sorry. I was updating the post to note that. There's missing parts. I'm checking this now. Can you also attach your original document please? Thanks. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 The original doc is an AI file. Do you want me to attach it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Here is a AD version. Logo 2.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted April 29, 2016 Thanks for the file imacken. There's definitely something strange here. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Thanks for that, MEB. Here is another issue that was going to be looked at, but still no progress. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/18448-pdf-will-not-export-this-graphic/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted April 29, 2016 Hi imacken, The issue discussed on that thread was already fixed for the next beta (1.5.1 - not released yet). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Excellent news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted April 29, 2016 Hi imacken, Regarding the original issue of this thread, this is happening because the effects you are using (drop shadows) are partially transparent. When you export your document, if you leave the Matte option as None (transparent) all partially transparent objects will not be rendered because GIF can only display one fully transparent colour ( there's no support for semi transparency). If you set the Matte colour to White (accessed from the More button on the GIF export dialog) the semi-transparent parts will be rendered against it and the file will be exported as you'd expect with the drop shadows and eye appearing correctly. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Thanks MEB. Should that be obvious to the user? If I do the same straight export to GIF from Photoshop, it works OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 Attached is the GIF from Photoshop with Matte set to none. Not perfect, but gets all elements in and looks fine as GIFs are viewed very small. The thing is that if Matte is set to white, then all the transparency, like the drop shadow, comes through in the GIF which I don't really want as when viewed very small, just comes across as mess! What AD did with the png was fine except for the missing 'pupil'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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