PeterB. Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 If you place text with a drop shadow on an object with a radial gradient fill, you will see a border around the shadow of the text after the flattened export (standard X1a preset). It looks correct in the document and in the export preview. This only occurs with radial gradients (as far as I can see). I am attaching documents. If someone could test it, I would be grateful! Wrong Color with Shadow after Export.pdf Wrong Color with Shadow after Export.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Hi @PeterB., I believe the issue is caused by the radial gradient being 'scaled', effectively you have an elliptical gradient rather than a radial gradient... If you convert it back to radial by double-clicking the upper scale node it will 'visually' appear radial rather than elliptical and it will export correctly... I think but can't be 100% sure that this is a known issue with gradient scaling... Gradients.pdf NathanC and PeterB. 2 Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted June 21 Staff Share Posted June 21 Great spot @Hangman, I can confirm there is a bug logged with the developers where Stretched/scaled radial gradients are failing to export to PDF correctly. I'll add a note onto the existing report to reflect that it causes issues with FX flattening as a result. Hangman and PeterB. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB. Posted June 21 Author Share Posted June 21 @Hangman Interesting, now that you mention it, I notice that if I assign a radial gradient to any rectangle, it doesn't insert a radial gradient but an elliptical one. @NathanCThe radial shouldn't actually have two handles, should it? As soon as I double-click on the dotted handle, it disappears and doesn't appear again. Is there perhaps a bug in the radial gradient function? Edit: It only occurs when using the fill option in the toolbar. If you first draw a gradient with the gradient tool and then change it to radial with the fill option, the behavior does not occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 22 minutes ago, PeterB. said: Interesting, now that you mention it, I notice that if I assign a radial gradient to any rectangle, it doesn't insert a radial gradient but an elliptical one. Hi @PeterB., It shouldn't do so regardless of the Picture Frame Property setting... though it will do so if you Scale or Transform the picture frame after applying the gradient... Gradients.mp4 Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted June 21 Staff Share Posted June 21 16 minutes ago, PeterB. said: @NathanCThe radial shouldn't actually have two handles, should it? As soon as I double-click on the dotted handle, it disappears and doesn't appear again. Is there perhaps a bug in the radial gradient function? If you transform the object (Re-size, Shear etc.) with a radial gradient applied to it the radial gradient will automatically re-apply itself to fit the object's new scaled proportions, and will show a second dotted axis handle to indicate the transformation, see screenshots below. 1. Standard rectangle shape with a Radial Gradient Applied 2. -40 deg Shear added to the object, radial gradient is applied with Stretched/Transformed proportions. 3. Re-applied 'Radial' gradient to the object, intelligent scaling has now been lost. The help guide below contains a more detailed explanation. https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/Clr/gradientEditor.html Hangman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB. Posted June 21 Author Share Posted June 21 @NathanC Thanks for the clarification. I've been experimenting a bit. But why is it that the gradient function called up via the tool produces a different result than if I add a gradient via the toolbar and the fill field? Gradient.m4v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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