Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

I'm encountering a similar issue (in v2) where printing and PDF / SVG exports don't respect the "Balanced Dash Pattern".

Quite jarring coming from Adobe InDesign / Illlustrator, where what you see is what you get: the PDF export internally explodes shapes to ensure a 1-to-1 conversion if PDF doesn't support a given vector feature like special dotted strokes w/ corner constraints.

I hope the solution in Affinity isn't "Rasterize" or "Expand Stroke": I'd like a PDF with vectors, and an Affinity file I can still sensibly work with, rather than individual bits of lines. 😭

(Sorry for my tone, I've been trying so many different things...)

My settings:

image.png.590a39943c37dc0e821a2ac6e8fe8ccb.png

My Designer view:

image.thumb.png.7ed5431464a292ed57e0b8a23dc9088d.png

My straight-to-printer output / PDF / SVG export:

Overlapping curves' lines no longer match up, since they do not respect the dashed settings.

image.png.275f24f06a81f0f40c410d463485641e.png

Posted

Hi @nemoDreamer and welcome to the forums,

This looks like a bug...

  • Balanced strokes up to and including 2.5 pt are being exported as unbalanced strokes
  • Balanced strokes above 2.5 pt are being exported as expanded strokes

My understanding is that all balanced strokes should be exported as expanded strokes on export to PDF.

Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3
MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse
HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse

  • 1 year later...
Posted
On 3/14/2024 at 8:01 PM, MEB said:

Hi @nemoDreamer,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
Thanks for your feedback. This is a known issue that's already logged with dev. I've updated/bumped the report to bring it up to devs attention again.

Any updates in this matter? I was so happy that balanced corners now work but since it does not work as svg I am forced to use our old software.
My lines are just 0.3 PT but I have tried different sizes and all above 2.5 PT works just fine.
But it works great if exported as PNG for me only SVG is causing problems. However it works if I export as flattened SVG but I need the layers so that is not a option for me.
Hope this will be fixed.

Posted
4 minutes ago, Hietaharju said:

Any updates in this matter?

The topic tag AF-2396 has been added to this thread, indicating that the issue has been added to Serif’s internal issue tracker for the Affinity project. A tag search brings up related threads such as this one that you may find helpful:

 

Alfred spacer.png
Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro
Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Guidelines | We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.