Exporting fills in box Affinity Publisher v2

[Hangman]

5 minutes ago, Jared HP said:

For sure, here you go! And again, it only seems to be these three pages, text everywhere else is fine

Okay it's because you've not rasterised the FX for the Groups of images on those pages so the text that sits below the Outer Shadow FX is rasterised and subsequently looks heavier...

[Jared HP]

1 hour ago, Hangman said:

Okay it's because you've not rasterised the FX for the Groups of images on those pages so the text that sits below the Outer Shadow FX is rasterised and subsequently looks heavier...

 

That seems weird, because I did the same process as the other images: double layer, bottom w/ FX is rasterized. But that is helpful that it seems to be rasterizing the text too

I tried exporting by rasterizing nothing and the text was fine, just the images didnt have the brightness adjustment I added

[Jared HP]

49 minutes ago, Jared HP said:

That seems weird, because I did the same process as the other images: double layer, bottom w/ FX is rasterized. But that is helpful that it seems to be rasterizing the text too

I tried exporting by rasterizing nothing and the text was fine, just the images didnt have the brightness adjustment I added

I exported just the top layer without FX, and just the rasterized bottom layer with FX. It seems even without FX, its the top layer thats causing the issue with text

[Jared HP]

2 hours ago, Jared HP said:

I exported just the top layer without FX, and just the rasterized bottom layer with FX. It seems even without FX, its the top layer thats causing the issue with text

It seems bc the files were in a group it was affecting the text. I ungrouped and individually added brightness adjustment and its good now!

[Hangman]

On 8/19/2024 at 6:24 PM, Jared HP said:

On 8/19/2024 at 5:30 PM, Jared HP said:

I exported just the top layer without FX, and just the rasterized bottom layer with FX. It seems even without FX, its the top layer thats causing the issue with text

There are several issues here...

Issue 1
As discussed earlier in the thread, where the Outside Shadow FX overlaps text layers, the text will be rasterised, resulting in a mix of rasterised and non-rasterised text even within the same text frame...

Issue 2
Because the image layers are grouped and a white balance adjustment layer has been universally applied as an individual layer at the top of the layer stack within the group, this has the negative effect of applying the white balance adjustment to the white picture frame borders containing the Images resulting in some of the white picture frame borders having a blue tint...

Issue 3
While rasterising the image layers will correct issue 1 it will rasterize the white picture frame borders since they are a direct part of the picture frame...

Solution

1. Duplicate the group/s containing the images
2. Rename the top group 'Frames' and the Bottom group 'Images'
3. Select the 'Frames' group in the Layers panel and expand it using the disclosure triangle. Click the FX icon on the top layer (below the two adjustment layers) of the group to open the FX panel then holding the Shift key click the bottom layer in the group to select all layers within the 'Frames' group and uncheck 'Outer Shadow' from the FX panel to remove the FX from all 'Frame' layers
4. Close the FX Window
5. Select the 'Frames' parent layer (i.e. the group element in the Layers panel), right-click and select 'Expand Selection' to expand the group's layers
6. Cmd-click all Image and Adjustment layers within the group so all are selected
7. Click the wastebin icon at the bottom right of the layers panel to remove these leaving just the picture frame white borders
8. Right-click the 'Frames' parent layer again and select 'Collapse Selection'
9. Select the 'Images' group in the Layers panel and expand it using the disclosure triangle.
10. Select the top image layer in the group then Shift-click and select the bottom layer in the group so all image layers are selected (ignoring the two adjustment layers at the top of the groups's layer stack
11. In the Colour Panel select the 'Set Stroke' icon and remove the white stoke on the picture frames by clicking the 'Set Stroke to None' icon (the white circle with the diagonal red stroke)
12. Right-click the 'Images' parent layer again and select 'Collapse Selection'
13. Right-click the 'Images' layer again, right-click and select 'Rastierse'
14. Export the document to a PDF, ensuring 'Rasteirse' is set to 'Unsupported Properties'

Screen Recording Showing the Steps Above for Page 8

Note: Page 9 has two groups of images so the steps above should be applied to both groups...

Original File Exported After Steps Above Applied Left  | Original File Exported Before Steps Above Applied Right...

 

Original File Pages 8 to 10 Exported to PDF Before Steps Above Applied...

new menu p8-p10 before.pdf

 

Original File Pages 8 to 10 Exported to PDF After Steps Above Applied...

new menu p8-p10 after.pdf

[Jared HP]

On 8/19/2024 at 4:36 PM, Hangman said:

There are several issues here...

Issue 1
As discussed earlier in the thread, where the Outside Shadow FX overlaps text layers, the text will be rasterised, resulting in a mix of rasterised and non-rasterised text even within the same text frame...

Issue 2
Because the image layers are grouped and a white balance adjustment layer has been universally applied as an individual layer at the top of the layer stack within the group, this has the negative effect of applying the white balance adjustment to the white picture frame borders containing the Images resulting in some of the white picture frame borders having a blue tint...

Issue 3
While rasterising the image layers will correct issue 1 it will rasterize the white picture frame borders since they are a direct part of the picture frame...

Solution

1. Duplicate the group/s containing the images
2. Rename the top group 'Frames' and the Bottom group 'Images'
3. Select the 'Frames' group in the Layers panel and expand it using the disclosure triangle. Click the FX icon on the top layer (below the two adjustment layers) of the group to open the FX panel then holding the Shift key click the bottom layer in the group to select all layers within the 'Frames' group and uncheck 'Outer Shadow' from the FX panel to remove the FX from all 'Frame' layers
4. Close the FX Window
5. Select the 'Frames' parent layer (i.e. the group element in the Layers panel), right-click and select 'Expand Selection' to expand the group's layers
6. Cmd-click all Image and Adjustment layers within the group so all are selected
7. Click the wastebin icon at the bottom right of the layers panel to remove these leaving just the picture frame white borders
8. Right-click the 'Frames' parent layer again and select 'Collapse Selection'
9. Select the 'Images' group in the Layers panel and expand it using the disclosure triangle.
10. Select the top image layer in the group then Shift-click and select the bottom layer in the group so all image layers are selected (ignoring the two adjustment layers at the top of the groups's layer stack
11. In the Colour Panel select the 'Set Stroke' icon and remove the white stoke on the picture frames by clicking the 'Set Stroke to None' icon (the white circle with the diagonal red stroke)
12. Right-click the 'Images' parent layer again and select 'Collapse Selection'
13. Right-click the 'Images' layer again, right-click and select 'Rastierse'
14. Export the document to a PDF, ensuring 'Rasteirse' is set to 'Unsupported Properties'

Screen Recording Showing the Steps Above for Page 8

Note: Page 9 has two groups of images so the steps above should be applied to both groups...

 

Original File Exported Before Steps Above Applied Left  | Original File Exported After Steps Above Applied Right...

 

Original File Pages 8 to 10 Exported to PDF Before Steps Above Applied...

new menu p8-p10 before.pdf 33.33 MB · 1 download

 

Original File Pages 8 to 10 Exported to PDF After Steps Above Applied...

new menu p8-p10 after.pdf 26.26 MB · 2 downloads

@Hangman You've been a huge help, I appreciate all the work you put in to helping a Publisher newbie figure stuff out. Everything seems to be good now, fingers crossed! Noted in the future: avoid grouping when exporting, and having FX near text. 

[Hangman]

Hi @Jared HP,

That's been absolutely no problem at all, I'm glad I've been able to help... It's great to hear that everything is now sorted with your file and I hope your client is suitably impressed with the printed menus once they receive them...