Beck Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Hi all, All of a sudden my QR codes are exporting very pixelated when in the past, they have exported fine. I am wondering if this started happening after my update as usually I can export a final file as High Quality PDF with no issues. Export settings: PDF > For Export > Allow advanced features Jeremy - Squad Workfile - 2024 - for export.pdf Jeremy - Squad Workfile - 2024.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 I can’t be sure but the problem looks like it’s because the QR Code (layer name “bit.ly_boar-barra”, in various places) isn’t pixel-aligned. Make sure that the X, Y, W and H in the Transform Panel are integer pixel values and it should work better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Do you have an example where they exported better? I doubt that you could get better results with the current set of parameters like size, color usage (rich black) etc. The QR code is a bitmap in CMYK color format scaled down to 20% and and not pixel-aligned. The bilinear resample will lead to blurriness. You can regain some contrast by adding a threshold adjustment Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Hi @Beck, Is there any reason for not using a vector QR Code such as the attached... qr-code.svg Pyanepsion and Alfred 2 Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2415) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyanepsion Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 2 hours ago, Hangman said: Is there any reason for not using a vector QR Code such as the attached. This is also what I would have suggested, as raster images are often pixelated, which is not suitable for a Quick Response Code with a long URL. Quote 6 cœurs, 12 processus - Windows 11 pro - 4K - DirectX 12 - Suite universelle Affinity (Affinity Publisher, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo). ███ Mais je vous le demande, peut-on imaginer une police sans sérifs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Hi all, Thank you for all your comments and input! I had changed our QR code to SVG file and this helped a lot with exporting it crisp and clean! I handover these files to a printing team that prints the shirts so I need to provide files in High Quality and also editable so they can adjust things into their template. The team use Adobe Illustrator and prefer .ai file but I can only provide what Affinity exports. If anyone knows which is the best File & Export settings to use, I would appreciate your input! I usually export to PDF with settings: For Export - No compression on images - Allow advanced features. Just curious to see if there are better options out there to ensure my printer has the best file possible for the job! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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