ol4f Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Hi, I have exported a PDF-file with Designer and as you can see in the screenshot the colours look faded. Why? It is a CMYK document and the ISO Coated V2 300% Profile. Export settings are the PDF-X4 preset as you can see in the screenshot, too Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Your screenshots don't show the document profile. Which profile have the placed images? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol4f Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Your screenshots don't show the document profile. Which profile have the placed images? The background is not placed it is directly drawn in AD. Document settings see screenshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Could you reduce your document as far as possible and attach it here, so we can have a look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol4f Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Here it comes: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13340316/pdfexport.afdesign norway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Fine! I'll have a look at it tomorrow morning (in Germany). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I think, there are 2 issues: • The background image is not opaque but has slight transparent regions.If you place a white rectangle behind it, it will look slightly different, but more, as it will print later on. • The main problem: Affinity Designer makes heavy mistakes while rendering the document into PDF: The background image is "modified" by using a HSL-layer. This obviously causes mis-rendering during output. If you first rasterize "Hintergrund" and export the PDF after having done this, all seems correct. ol4f 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol4f Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 I think, there are 2 issues: • The background image is not opaque but has slight transparent regions.If you place a white rectangle behind it, it will look slightly different, but more, as it will print later on. • The main problem: Affinity Designer makes heavy mistakes while rendering the document into PDF: The background image is "modified" by using a HSL-layer. This obviously causes mis-rendering during output. If you first rasterize "Hintergrund" and export the PDF after having done this, all seems correct. Thanks a lot! Curiously I have not tried this bevore while the adjustment layer also makes other problems with pdf export (https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/20405-ad-pdf-export-and-adjustment-layers/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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