GeoffM33 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 This issue may be covered elsewhere but I've not found it yet. I make a PDF from Publisher or Designer with trims and bleed etc, and place it into a Publisher document so I can plan it up for printing. It comes in but the printers' marks are hidden. They seem to be there (double click the placed file for the "edit" function and there they are, same as in Designer) but I cannot get them to show. Place a PDF into Designer and you get the whole thing - trims etc, but not in Publisher; it's masked to the page box. I figured out how to get required pages to show in a multi-page file, but you need to dupe the import and choose the page needed afterwards. Better would be options somewhere in the import stage so you can choose trims, bleed, pages etc - or maybe an Affinity version of that function. Is this a bug or a not-yet-implemented item? I'm enjoying the app so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_K Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Hi GeoffM33 This is most likely due to a change in how we now handle import of PDFs with things link bleed. The ability to select different areas when importing or placing a PDF is a good idea. I shall pass this on to the development Cheers Serif Europe Ltd - Check the latest news at www.affinity.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Chris_K said: The ability to select different areas when importing or placing a PDF is a good idea This might be most flexible way but I maybe would prefer to simply reveal hidden parts with crop tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffM33 Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 5 hours ago, Fixx said: This might be most flexible way but I maybe would prefer to simply reveal hidden parts with crop tool. I like this idea - very direct. However, in addition it would be useful to have global import options as mentioned by Chris_K so that multi-page imports can be more easily managed. I have mentioned multi-page PDF import in another post recently. How about a fully loaded cursor (like the multiple image import method) so each page of the PDF can dropped in where needed. We use these methods all the time at work to plan up client's multi-page PDFs for printing. We are a small company and cannot afford the high price of specialised imposition software. Keep up the good work! P.S. I just tried a work-round prompted by Fixx's comment. (Can't get at placed PDF content yet with crop tool.) I placed a PDF which should show trims etc, and then clicked 'edit document'. In the edit tab, select all the imported PDF 'trims' layer and note the dimensions. Deselect. Click 'spread set up' and enter the dimensions in there (uncheck the constrain button). The page now includes all the printer's marks. Go back to the main document and the PDF now shows all the printer's marks with a nice accurate bounding box. It works, but is a bit of a hack. Fixx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 A nice way of showing bleed and crop marks in an imported PDF is to double click to edit the PDF file, then spread setup - increase size. Close edited file. Just discovered that. Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffM33 Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 3 hours ago, MickRose said: A nice way of showing bleed and crop marks in an imported PDF is to double click to edit the PDF file, then spread setup - increase size. Close edited file. Just discovered that. This also works if you just open the PDF directly and adjust the spread size for 'all spreads'. Re-export and you have a PDF with permanent printer's marks if that's what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts