Scripto Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I'm not sure if this is a bug or I'm doing something wrong, but when I attempt to export a simple vector image as a PNG, the final image is gray. The image has a 3d FX on it. When I apply a color to it, the color is also grayed out. I tried to export directly from main menu, and through export persona - same results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpaErnst Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Cant reproduce this issue. What i find a bit strange is that you dont have an ICC Profile chosen, yet the checkmark "Embed ICC profiles" is checked on. Have you tried unchecking the "Embed ICC profiles"-checkbox or set SRG in the "ICC profile:"-Dropdown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scripto Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 I don't know what ICC means, but I never checked/unchecked it before and haven't had any troubles. Just unchecked it and tried to save as PNG and the image still came out gray. I have also just upgraded to v2.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Can you share your Affinity file, @Scripto? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scripto Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 Hi Walt, Sorry (!) I'm not sure what that means either - do you mean that you want me to upload the entire Affinity file that contains the image? If so that total file is 32 GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 1 minute ago, Scripto said: Hi Walt, Sorry (!) I'm not sure what that means either - do you mean that you want me to upload the entire Affinity file that contains the image? If so that total file is 32 GB If you can't do the whole file, then perhaps you can copy/paste the problem areas into a new file and share that. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scripto Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 Here it is Also my PC stats: Intel Core i7, 16GB ram, 64 bit, Windows 10, White to Gray Export.afdesign walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I'm not seeing exactly what you showed, but I've only tried it so far on an iPad. I am suspicious about you having an RGB-32 (HDR) document that you're exporting to PNG, though. RGB-32 PNG files are rare, I think, and the support for them in the Affinity applications is very new. OpaErnst 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpaErnst Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Your Document color settings are set to RGB32/HDR. Change it to "RGB/8". Then the export is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scripto Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 OpaErnst/Walt, Thanks for the feedback - that worked. I hadn't fiddled with those settings and obviously it makes a big difference (and never would have thought of it)! walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 How did you start with RGB-32 in the first place? It seems like an odd choice. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scripto Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 I love graphic design, but as I've clearly demonstrated through this thread - I'm not a computer guy. I think maybe I chose that document setting because in DrawPlus in order to export an image with a transparent background you had to have 32 bit depth (?), not sure - does that make sense? Anyway, if anyone will click the wrong box, its' me. Thanks again for your quick response (you'll probably be hearing from me again)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 22 minutes ago, Scripto said: in DrawPlus in order to export an image with a transparent background you had to have 32 bit depth (?), not sure 24-bit colour depth allows you to use 8 bits for each of three colour channels (R, G, and B). 32 bits per pixel gives you 8 bits for the alpha channel, allowing graduated transparency. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 10 hours ago, Scripto said: you had to have 32 bit depth But that's still done with RGB-8 color format (8 bits for R, 8 for G, 8 for B, and 8 for A), not RGB-32 (32 bits for R, 32 for G, 32 for B, and 32 for A). Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 10 hours ago, Scripto said: does that make sense? 32-bit depth is 32 bits for the entire color information of one pixel, while RGB-32 is 32 bits for one color component, i.e. a total of 128 bits for the color of one pixel. Just curious, if you change your document to RGB-8, how big will the file be? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scripto Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 I think I must have misreported the file size of my whole document that I first referenced to Walt (I said the whole file was 32GB), but now when I convert from the RGB-8 and the 32 HDR setting, the file size for the whole drawing goes from 8MB (RGB-8) to 17MB (32 HDR) - still that's a sizable difference and I will check all of my docs to make sure they are on RGB-8 - good education! OpaErnst and walt.farrell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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