Exports not maching what I see: Affinity Designer 2.5.5

[Oridraw]

Windows- Affinity Designer version 2.5.5:

I see on Artboard one thing: stroke thickness.

I click export as PNG and it visually is different result, does not match what I see on Artboard.

See screenshots- 1=on Artboad in Affinity Designer

See screenshots- 2=What looks like at export.

Might be minor but is noticeable. Not sure if also happens on Mac.

May be a bug.

Any feedback/advice to resolve would be appreciated.

[GarryP]

I can see various differences between what I can see in the application image and the exported image.

Which difference(s) are you concerned with (can you point to them?), and what are your export settings?

[Oridraw]

3 hours ago, GarryP said:

I can see various differences between what I can see in the application image and the exported image.

Which difference(s) are you concerned with (can you point to them?), and what are your export settings?

Screenshot shows settings. Stroke is what changes, that is concern, unsure why changes, I try export original art board image, just may change image size but that should not affect stroke.

[carl123]

Can you upload the Affinity document so we can see what may be the issue? 

[Oridraw]

43 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Can you upload the Affinity document so we can see what may be the issue? 

Attached. Seems to be issue when look to export as PDF too, not exporting what I see on art board before I try export. Thanks.

Pineapple-PD59m3-GD.afdesign

[Ldina]

@Oridraw On some of your orange-yellow strokes, you used an 8.9 pt dotted line stroke. I wonder if that is what you are seeing in your export?

[Oridraw]

1 hour ago, Ldina said:

@Oridraw On some of your orange-yellow strokes, you used an 8.9 pt dotted line stroke. I wonder if that is what you are seeing in your export?

That is not my point, I play with and get an effect on art board (with changing effects of strokes and layers to get a pattern I like) and it is not exporting what I see and am happy with.

[GarryP]

The biggest difference that I could see with the two images that were originally shared was that the exported image contained lots of white shapes (‘intermingled’ with the black shapes) which weren’t visible in the other image.

Because of that I wasn’t sure if we were looking at two ‘versions’ of the same document, and I’m still not sure which ‘version’ is the one which looks as it should.

When I zoom in and out of the document which was shared I see different results at different zoom levels, some showing the white shapes, some not, but I’m not entirely sure why at the moment.

The document seems to have been constructed in an ‘over-complicated’(?) way, using the outlines to obscure things in various ways, so that’s maybe something that needs to be looked at.

[Oridraw]

On 11/11/2024 at 8:34 AM, GarryP said:

The biggest difference that I could see with the two images that were originally shared was that the exported image contained lots of white shapes (‘intermingled’ with the black shapes) which weren’t visible in the other image.

Because of that I wasn’t sure if we were looking at two ‘versions’ of the same document, and I’m still not sure which ‘version’ is the one which looks as it should.

When I zoom in and out of the document which was shared I see different results at different zoom levels, some showing the white shapes, some not, but I’m not entirely sure why at the moment.

The document seems to have been constructed in an ‘over-complicated’(?) way, using the outlines to obscure things in various ways, so that’s maybe something that needs to be looked at.

The way it looks in Affinity Designer window (at that zoom level) screenshot is how I would like the export to look. I create effects by like adding stroke weight to high levels and then it may distort though that could be an "effect" I like. It is like for a me a digital equivalent of putting "too much" paint on a canvas and seeing how it settles and mixes with other colours.

 

Is there a way to "avoid" this, so whatever I export matches what I see, even if I was told do not use stoke higher than 50mm on canvas of 15cm, then at least I know what limitations are. It is when exported document does not match what I see in document that I have issue.

[GarryP]

I think it might be worth trying to first figure out why it looks different in Designer at different zoom levels.

Because I don’t know which zoom levels are displaying the design properly I don’t know whether what you are seeing in the Designer screenshot is what should be seen in the export or not.

With out knowing which version is 'right' I don’t know what should be done about it.

I don’t have the time to ‘deconstruct’ the document to figure out what should be happening at the moment but someone else might.

[Callum]

Hi @Oridraw

Apologies for the delayed response to this post, is this something you are still having issues with?

Thanks
C

[Oridraw]

On 1/13/2025 at 1:31 PM, Callum said:

Hi @Oridraw

Apologies for the delayed response to this post, is this something you are still having issues with?

Thanks
C

Hi Callum,

Thanks for message. I can let you know if I notice it again.

 

Kind regards,

Garvey