Earth Design Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Hi, I am not able to export PDF from Affinity Designer, kindly help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 18, 2017 Staff Share Posted November 18, 2017 Earth Design, Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums That dialog looks fine, it's telling you that nothing needs rasterising so is not requesting a raster dpi, and the Export button looks enabled, so what happens when you choose 'Export'? Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teguh Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I have same problem too the dialog is fine, but after save, display error message like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 24, 2017 Staff Share Posted November 24, 2017 Hi teguh, Welcome to Affinity Forums Seems you are trying to export (and work) from an external drive. This is not recommended. Affinity apps don't necessarily load the whole file to memory for performance reasons and may also store other data somewhere else on the system while you work on your files, so if for some reason the external drive get disconnected for inactivity or other reason and Affinity lose access to the file these types of errors may occur. Please use system internal drives to work with Affinity files. affinity4Christ15 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teguh Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Hi meb Thanks for your answer. But I work from internal drive, and how do you know that I work from external? I work from my laptop, use ssd drive, or ssd drive that cause error? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 24, 2017 Staff Share Posted November 24, 2017 Hi teguh, Sorry, my bad. Seems you are using a second partition then. In that case it should work reliably and may be something related with that file specifically. Can you please attach the afdesign file so i can check it out? I can provide you an upload link if you wish to keep the file private. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teguh Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I think its not because of file. Because all kind of file cannot export. Even if I create new file, still cannot export it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 24, 2017 Staff Share Posted November 24, 2017 Which OS are you running? Can you create and export files from the desktop? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 9 hours ago, teguh said: I have same problem too the dialog is fine, but after save, display error message like this Hmm, you have to check the Win file/folder and security permissions there, maybe you have only restricted access there as a certain user. You can also test if probably other software, a text editor or what ever, can probably create new files there. In order to narrow down the problem and see if it might be Win system or AD specific. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teguh Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I have try to save file and export to desktop, cannot work too I use windows 7 professional. I cannot export to pdf only, to other format, like jpg, it can work. and I can save affinity files too so I think its not because of permission folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Yip, if it behaves like that and works for everything else, it's more due to the AD PDF-export routines under Win 7 here then. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teguh Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 so it is a bug? please update soon. because some of my work need to export to pdf thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teguh Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 finaly, can export to pdf now I reinstall my windows, and done. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrado Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I have the same problem, 2nd time in a row now. The first time I did exaclty like you and reinstalled the OS (Windows 10 in my case). But since it happend again I can't really accept the idea of formatting every time it happens. I love the software but It's quite frustrating cause I can't really rely on it for my work as of now, so I have to use other softwares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teguh Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 yes me too. after reinstall, its can export pdf. but after use maybe for one week, its cannot export again. So I am not use this function, will wait affinity team to fix this bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrado Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 On 12/13/2017 at 1:13 AM, teguh said: yes me too. after reinstall, its can export pdf. but after use maybe for one week, its cannot export again. So I am not use this function, will wait affinity team to fix this bug welcome to the club X-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Wolf Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 I'm also having this problem... It gets stuck on this screen. affinity4Christ15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptmeddl Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 so it seems this problem still appears on version 1.6.5 and it depends on what fonts u r using. I tried exporting several times till i recognized that the success of exporting to pdf collides with using a font layer. Try to convert the font into strokes and / or expand it... than u should be able to export. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennethM Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 I have the same problem exporting to PDF. It is quite annoying and this problem must be fixed! Any idea's when it's fixed? Or how can i take a detour to avoid this problem? In my opinion (and i think every designer who works with this program) this is very essential !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, KennethM said: I have the same problem exporting to PDF. It is quite annoying and this problem must be fixed! 1. Which application are you using? 2. Which preset do you use for export? Or if use your own setting, make screenshots of the setting. 3. Do you have problems exporting with a specific document or with all documents? 4. Best idea is to post the document here. If confident, you can ask for a private upload link. 5. Search for the problem on your own if you like. A good approach is making the document simpler, by removing elements / pages / artboards / adjustments / fx etc.pp. step by step and always trying to export again. KennethM 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennethM Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Dear Joachim, 1: I use OS Catalina (newest version) 2: I used save as PDF (clicking on one of the above pictograms) 3: It was a specific folder (my first export in this program) 4: I managed to save the pdf as a print so actually it worked for me in that way pretty fine. It is not on the tabs shown in the save as bar, but it is in the dropdown menu save as PDF. Tnx for your quick reaction and i really appreciate it!! Maybe for someone else to read this message. This is also a way to safe the PDF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.