Reuben Mansbridge Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Ive been tearing my hair out trying to figure out why all my experts come out pixelated, wether that is a PNG or EPS/PDF. I have set my document up to the exact size of the banner I have designed but the exports are still pixelated. Why is this happening?! This is really embarrassing for when I send clients their work and they come back tome to tell me that the vector is pixelated. I need a short and concise solution to this as everything I have found online is not making it clear. HELP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted October 6, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 6, 2018 Hi Reuben, Welcome to the forums If possible could you provide the file in question? Thanks Callum Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Reuben Mansbridge said: Ive been tearing my hair out trying to figure out why all my experts come out pixelated, wether that is a PNG or EPS/PDF. I have set my document up to the exact size of the banner I have designed but the exports are still pixelated. Why is this happening?! This is really embarrassing for when I send clients their work and they come back tome to tell me that the vector is pixelated. I need a short and concise solution to this as everything I have found online is not making it clear. HELP! Impossible to give a short and concise answer unless you supply some information. What program ? What OS? What is in the file ? What software is the client using ? A PNG will always be pixelated at some size (other than 100%) because a PNG is pixel data. A PDF (the best option) will be vector curves if the stuff in the file is curves or text. The attached file contains a simple vector shape and text converted to vector curves. If you look at it in a PDF reader, you can zoom in to huge sizes (non-pixelated) because it is vector data. It was created in Affinity Designer and exported as a PDF. Perhaps you could upload a sample (as Callum suggests). CURVES.pdf Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Mansbridge Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 I’m using a Mac, OS 12. The file is 1220mm x 2440mm, and consists of text which has been converted into curves. When I have exported as a vector, and zoom in on the exported file, the lines pixelated. When ever I have used any other program to export vectors, the lines are totally crisp and pin sharp (as vectors are and should be). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Have you done anything else? Layer effects? Transparency? Can you provide a sample .afdesign file that demonstrates this problem? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Reuben Mansbridge said: I’m using a Mac, OS 12. The file is 1220mm x 2440mm, and consists of text which has been converted into curves. When I have exported as a vector, and zoom in on the exported file, the lines pixelated. When ever I have used any other program to export vectors, the lines are totally crisp and pin sharp (as vectors are and should be). Did you look at the PDF file I posted ? Is that pixelated ? It is totally crisp and pin sharp when I view it in Acrobat, even at very large zoom settings. That was created in Designer, contains text converted to curves and was exported as a PDF. If that appears pixelated, you have a problem in your viewing software. If the text appears smooth, you must have done something wrong when you exported, but at least we will know where to start. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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