Publisher 2.6 does not export selection only and selection area

[anto]

Publisher 2.6 does not export selection only and selection area

 

[NotMyFault]

Confirm this bug, but applies to retail too. Not beta specific 

on iPad

[Hangman]

Hi @anto,

It's working for me on Windows with the same settings, i.e., JPEG export with Quality set to 5...

Can you upload a sample document where you're seeing this so we can take a look?

How does the exported file appear, does it export correctly or is it cropped and missing sections from the page as per your screenshot?

[anto]

12 minutes ago, Hangman said:

Can you upload a sample document where you're seeing this so we can take a look?

 

I cannot

Screenshot from Publisher

Exported file

 

 

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[Hangman]

Hi @anto,

Based purely on you screenshots your selection appears to match the exported file, I don’t understand why you’re expecting the areas you’ve marked in red to appear in the export when they don’t exist in your file but equally, without seeing the file itself we’re all working a little blind…

[anto]

10 hours ago, Hangman said:

Hi @anto,

Based purely on you screenshots your selection appears to match the exported file, I don’t understand why you’re expecting the areas you’ve marked in red to appear in the export when they don’t exist in your file but equally, without seeing the file itself we’re all working a little blind…

The areas shown in red shouldn't be there when exporting, but they are.

10 hours ago, Hangman said:

Based purely on you screenshots your selection appears to match the exported file

What do you mean? Don't you see what I select and what I get when I export?

 

 

[anto]

The same bug when export to PDF with area Selected only

[bbrother]

@Hangman @anto 

Definitely a bug, but not something new for beta, as it can be reproduced in 2.5.6., so the thread should be moved to the appropriate place by a moderator. 

The problem is that an unwanted white blank area is added to the export and does not match what is selected. Anto used a rectangle as a clipping mask for the group and his expectation is probably that the size of the clipping mask should be used as the Selected Area.

It is definitely worth looking into because depending on whether in the layer entry you click and select the group thumbnail or the clipping mask thumbnail if the group is collapsed and depending on whether you set the export to Selected Area or Selection Only the results are different and far from what you would expect.

EDIT: the only difference between the retail and beta versions is that in the beta it is worse as more empty white space is added.

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[Hangman]

19 minutes ago, bbrother said:

The problem is that an unwanted white blank area is added to the export and does not match what is selected.

I think the behaviour is correct based on the selection. An unwanted white area isn't added to the export rather raster file formats do not display or export the area beyond the page bounds when they should which is the bug.

@anto In your example, the selection area is the image which is the full page height and extends beyond the page width. When exported as a JPEG using Selection Area or Selection Only, the selected area outside the page bounds isn't shown, which is incorrect and where you see the white area. The white area should show the image outside the page bounds.

For vector file formats the area outside the page bounds is shown correctly. However, because you've applied a mask to your group when exporting to PDF, you see nothing outside the page bounds, but your selection is still the Group containing the image.

The bug is therefore that when exporting to raster file formats using Selection Area or Selection Only, the area outside the page bounds isn't displayed or exported when it should be.

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[Hangman]

1 minute ago, Return said:

But when selecting the masking rectangle it should only export area.

Agreed but in @anto's screen recording it is the Group that's selected not the masking rectangle...

[anto]

5 minutes ago, Hangman said:

Agreed but in @anto's screen recording it is the Group that's selected not the masking rectangle...

And if I just select on the page, is that not allowed? Who forbids me to choose directly on the page? There is a limit to what I choose.

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[Hangman]

2 minutes ago, anto said:

And if I just select on the page, is that not allowed? Who forbids me to choose directly on the page?

I'm not sure I follow... this is about what is selected at the point you export your file when using Selection Area or Selection Only... When exporting your file you have the Group selected which contains your image so the Selection is the image but you're seeing the white area when exporting to JPEG because it's failing to display the image outside the page bounds like it should be doing...

Exporting to Vector file formats displays the area outside the page bounds correctly but because you've masked the areas outside the page bounds when exporting to PDF you also see a blank area...

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[anto]

4 minutes ago, Hangman said:

I'm not sure I follow... this is about what is selected at the point you export your file when using Selection Area or Selection Only... When exporting your file you have the Group selected which contains your image so the Selection is the image but you're seeing the white area when exporting to JPEG because it's failing to display the image outside the page bounds like it should be doing...

Exporting to Vector file formats displays the area outside the page bounds correctly but because you've masked the areas outside the page bounds when exporting to PDF you also see a blank area...

 

The problem is that the group is displayed in one way on the page, but when exported, it is displayed in another way. When exporting a group, why does the whole image, even the hidden part of it, appear when it is not on the page when I select the “Selected area”?

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[Hangman]

8 minutes ago, anto said:

When exporting a group, why does the whole image, even the hidden part of it, appear when it is not on the page when I select the “Selected area”?

That's how 'Selected Area' works...

[anto]

29 minutes ago, Hangman said:

That's how 'Selected Area' works...

 

You have shown general examples where the image is not cropped or masked. The problem is different.