h_d Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Hi all, Just starting to experiment with Designer having been a happy APH user for some time. Does anyone have any idea why exporting this to PDF: Gives me this: I've attached the .afdesign file (including history) and the .pdf, which was exported using the default Print settings at 300dpi. Cheers, h_d splat.afdesign splat.pdf Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Try exporting using PDF/X-4 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Thanks @firstdefence, that certainly creates an uncorrupted pdf, but I'd be interested to know why the 'print' default (and also web, attached) give such clunky results. splatweb.pdf Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 yeah I'm just messing with the settings to see when it stops corrupting or whats triggering it. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 From within the PDF Export for Print, then clicking on the More Button, the corruption stops when Under the compatibility drop down list you select PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5) From there down it will export correctly, so It's something to do with PDF 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 Note: just exported with PDF 1.7 and ran the PDF through a Validator and it successfully completed with the message... Quote Validating file "splat.pdf" for conformance level pdf1.7 The document does conform to the PDF 1.7 standard. Done. Affinity Designer opens the file correctly and so does PDF Expert, in fact every app I've tried opens the file fine, so its Apples Preview that seems to be the problem. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 I've gone through the history step by step, exporting each time with the Print default, and it kicks in when the line style is changed to brush: Which I suppose is quite artistic, but not what I wanted to achieve... splat9.pdf Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I'm getting a sense of Kandinsky circa 1921 I re saved it as a pdf from Preview and it rotated the corrupted image 90º, I think we have the makings of a plugin here lol Just tried again from Preview and exported as PDFX-3 and it opens fine in Preview and other apps, so whatever that brush is doing it aint good for PDF's. I have a go and create something similar my end to see if I can recreate it. Alfred 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Nope, if I create something it open as a pdf fine. The return of Splat.pdf Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 11 minutes ago, firstdefence said: I re saved it as a pdf from Preview and it rotated the corrupted image 90º, Same here - consistent behaviour at least firstdefence 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Talking of consistency, what brush are you using for the stroke? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Nope, if I create something it open asa pdf fine. The return of Splat.pdf Have you tried it with a gradient fill though - specifically a radial gradient? Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Like this, Radial grad, with a brush stroke Blue grad splat.pdf Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Just now, firstdefence said: Talking of consistency, what brush are you using for the stroke? One of the default textured brushes, but the history doesn't show which, and I've since quit AD so I can't be sure precisely. Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Well tried my damnedest to recreate the issue and I can't. I've failed at failing, how bad that Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Interesting how the textured brushes don't quite join up at the start/end of the stroke: Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 7 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Well tried my damnedest to recreate the issue and I can't. I've failed at failing, how bad that Fail, or fail not. There is no try. (© Yoda). Thanks though. Glad I've got the history, it must be a one-off glitch. Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, h_d said: Interesting how the textured brushes don't quite join up at the start/end of the stroke: Bugs me big time with that, it really shouldn't do that. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Bugs me big time with that, it really shouldn't do that. You need to break the curve so that the texture can spill over the end nodes. firstdefence 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Just now, αℓƒяє∂ said: You need to break the curve so that the texture can spill over the end nodes. Cheers Alfred Alfred 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Still not great, I think it needs quite a bit more work to get it right, works better when you break all the node points on say a square. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted May 30, 2018 Staff Share Posted May 30, 2018 Hi all, The "problem" is that your document is in 16bit/RGB, and the standard preview on mac does not support 16bit images in PDF. At this point, you have 3 choices: Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to preview and print your documents (or any other software that supports 16 bit) Export as PDF > More > Compatibility > PDF 1.4 (this version only supports 8bit and will convert any 16 or higher to 8) Change your document to 8bit in Document Setup Thanks, Gabe. firstdefence, R C-R and h_d 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, GabrielM said: The "problem" is that your document is in 16bit/RGB, and the standard preview on mac does not support 16bit images in PDF. Good to know! FWIW, I exported the original Affinity file to 16bit/RGB PDF & tried opening it in most of the apps installed on my system that are at least capable of displaying PDFs. All my browsers (Google Chrome, Safari, & even an out-of-date version of Opera), ColorSync Utility, an unlicensed trial version of EasyDraw, GraphicConverter 9, Nisus Writer Pro, Quicktime Player 7, & of course Affinity Designer & Affinity Photo all displayed the 16bit PDF fine. Only Preview, File Viewer & a few other apps that I think use the same (standard?) display 'engine' as Preview, & Quick Look displayed it corrupted. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 10 hours ago, GabrielM said: The "problem" is that your document is in 16bit/RGB, and the standard preview on mac does not support 16bit images in PDF. Thanks for clearing that up Gabe, makes sense now. Best wishes, h_d Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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