PNG export file sizes are too large. Is it a bug?

[AdventurousDrake]

Hello there, just bought Affinity Designer for Windows and was exporting some PNG test files. But the file sizes are 10 times larger or more compared to Adobe Illustrator for the same shape and size. I exported a simple 256 x 128 oval with a gradient (32bit png, Affinity Designer), that became 23.2kb same thing from Adobe Illustrator is only 2.80kb. I also tried a simple gradient at 1920 x 1080 from Affinity Designer that became a whopping 1.26 Megabyte while the same thing from Adobe Illustrator was a measly 10.5kb. Is the exporter bugged?

 

Please note that the visual quality is indistinguishable between Affinity Designer and Adobe Illustrator(The better compression doesn't affect the visual quality). File sizes are vital to me as I am going to make art for Game Maker Studio and I need to save as much memory as I can.

 

Thanks in advance. 

[MEB]

Hi AdventurousDrake,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Are you embedding ICC profiles and metadata? Click the More button in the Export dialog to uncheck those options.

[AdventurousDrake]

Yeah, already tried it, the file sizes are almost identical.

[AdventurousDrake]

Just to answer my own question, it doesn't seem to matter in Game Maker Studio, or any gaming engine I assume. It's all about resolution and not file size that you save out of the software. So I can use Affinity Designer  :) .