JeffreyWalther Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Hello, I've added a PDF with transparant background on my page. But the transparanet part is shown in black color. Jeff Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher V2 Windows 10 Pro, 64 GB RAM AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (12x 3.8 GHz), MSI X570 Unify GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB, NVIDIA driver version 471.41 (Studio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transitdiagrams Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Hello Jeff! You need to place a samesized (or bigger) rectangle filled with white just underneath the transparent PDF or PNG. That always works for me. Chris PS: If you like maps you might also have a look at this community!PPS: Want to know more about me and my ways? Head over to an Affinity Spotlight article about me and my maps!PPPS: Do you love public transit and transit maps too? Then have a look at my home-made collection of transit maps under www.instagram.com/transitdiagrams or www.twitter.com/transitdiagrams. PPPPS: Other works than transit maps can be found here www.behance.net/chrisneuherz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted September 4, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 4, 2018 @JeffreyWalther Please can you attach a PDF file to a post that imports with a black background in your tests, thank you 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...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted September 4, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 4, 2018 @ChrisSmere Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums Thanks for the work around, which may well be appreciated, but this is the bugs forum where we want to know if the software can be improved 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...
JeffreyWalther Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 3 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: @JeffreyWalther Please can you attach a PDF file to a post that imports with a black background in your tests, thank you Hi, It seems in our case that the PDF contains a black hidden bottom layer. In a PDF viewer, the layer is not shown. Which is correct. In Publisher, the hidden layers is displayed, so the bottom layers shines through. So.... the PDF seems not to be in a good state with such hidden layers, but Publisher may also have a closer look on that embedded layers in the PDF. I deleted the bottom layer from the PDF, so it was working in Publisher as excepted. Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher V2 Windows 10 Pro, 64 GB RAM AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (12x 3.8 GHz), MSI X570 Unify GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB, NVIDIA driver version 471.41 (Studio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted September 4, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 4, 2018 The fact it seems to "show" a hidden layer makes me think that the PDF import can be improved. Can you please share it? 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...
transitdiagrams Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 13 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: @ChrisSmere Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums Thanks for the work around, which may well be appreciated, but this is the bugs forum where we want to know if the software can be improved Hello Thanks for the feedback! I answered because I thought I had a similar problem yesterday with one imported PDF - so I wanted to help quickly. Anyway, after reading the further replies it seems to me that my problem was another one. The PDF I had to import had PNG logos with transparency in it. It looked fine in Publisher but the exported PDF showed black backgrounds. My work around was to edit it in Designer, save it als AFDESIGN and than place it in Publisher. I think that the PDF that was given to me was not correctly exported. There were no black layers only PNGs with transparency. Chris Patrick Connor 1 PS: If you like maps you might also have a look at this community!PPS: Want to know more about me and my ways? Head over to an Affinity Spotlight article about me and my maps!PPPS: Do you love public transit and transit maps too? Then have a look at my home-made collection of transit maps under www.instagram.com/transitdiagrams or www.twitter.com/transitdiagrams. PPPPS: Other works than transit maps can be found here www.behance.net/chrisneuherz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgette Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I found this thread this morning while I was having issues with png files showing with a black background once exported as a PDF and printed. I spent hours trying to figure out what the issue was. I finally found a solution that worked. All I had to do was change one thing on the export screen, and the black box was gone. File > Export > PDF > PDF Preset > PDF/X-4 Worth a try if you're having this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ashf Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Translation:When I print a New Year's card PDF made with Affinity Designer for Windows on Mac, it has black boxes. I converted the PDF to PNG and was able to print it without black boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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