abra100pro Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 When it comes to accuracy I have some serious problems achieving my goals in AD, recently. See screenshot: the very same graphic exported as eps and png: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Hi @abra100pro, Can you upload your Affinity Designer file just containing those three objects (or the complete file if easier) so we can take a look at why the big discrepancy? 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...
abra100pro Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 2 minutes ago, Hangman said: Hi @abra100pro, Can you upload your Affinity Designer file just containing those three objects (or the complete file if easier) so we can take a look at why the big discrepancy? Yes, please find the file attached. AD-Export-Discrepancy.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I really ask myself how something like this can happen? I've had the impression twice that two different formats look somehow different. The first time I noticed it was with a logo. As abra100pro has already written, it's about accuracy. Unfortunately I no longer have the different logos. But I noticed the behavior too. At first I thought why did you change the logo. Quote -- Apple 2020 Mac Mini M1 Chip (16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD) Affinity V2 Universallizenz 2.3.1 + always latest beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Hi @abra100pro, Many thanks for the file... The issue you see is a result of exporting the EPS file which automatically expands the strokes on export... AD does a poor job of interpreting the pressure curve applied to the strokes when the strokes are expanded as shown in the screen recording... There is also a tiny difference between the dimensions of the exported PNG and EPS files. We are talking fractions of a mm, so nothing too dramatic. The only way to achieve parity between the two would be to expand the strokes before exporting, though that will result in the shapes appearing slightly different. The two will at least match, so far from ideal, and something that the Serif Dev team needs to look at. Expand Stroke.mp4 Strokes Expanded Before Exporting Flames Expanded.afdesign abra100pro 1 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...
abra100pro Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 I agree – and have reported other, related stuff – Serif/Canva has to have a look onto export. These variations are absolutely unprofessional. Can't sell that to my customers, that way. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 45 minutes ago, abra100pro said: These variations are absolutely unprofessional. Can't you simply Expand the strokes before exporting, as Hangman suggested? Then you won't have the variations. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 minute ago, walt.farrell said: Can't you simply Expand the strokes before exporting, as Hangman suggested? I believe the issue here is that doing so changes the shapes... If this were a corporate logo that needs to adhere to Brand Guidelines I can see this being a problem unless the logo meets the Brand Guidelines once any strokes have been expanded, i.e., no strokes are using the pressure curve in the Designer file which to be honest would be normal for any brand logos along with fonts converted to curves... The problem becomes designing the logo and it changing sufficiently once the strokes are expanded resulting in non-matching artwork which could be critical depending on the design, more so if an overprint is involved... abra100pro 1 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...
abra100pro Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Can't you simply Expand the strokes before exporting, as Hangman suggested? Then you won't have the variations. Because of two reasons: This changes my design to something I didn't want – the elements are too close to each other – another flaw, IMHO: why would expand to strokes change the appearance at all? I want a professional software in which I don't need to make workarounds to get (such a basic!) the result, I want. This is now gut feeling: The time I spend to correct/work around stuff is too high in relation to the result/success. See screenshot: upper left after expansion, lower right is still original – that's just not the same in a way professional graphic design works. Hangman and walt.farrell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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