Missing Images on pdf export bug on 1.7.0.167

[osang]

Prior betas like .162, the images are complete, but on .167,  it becomes wonky.

[JFisher]

Hi osang,

What do you mean by it becomes wonky exactly? Could you provide a file/screenshots?

[osang]

37 minutes ago, JFisher said:

Hi osang,

What do you mean by it becomes wonky exactly? Could you provide a file/screenshots?

Not working correctly...

Here's the file, and the output with their beta #.

ad test.afpub

 

162.pdf

167.pdf

[Ecifircas]

I also had trouble with an older file. At first it seemed to open properly, but on exporting, many of the images did not export, while some embedded pdfs exported only partially.

I could fix it by

- rasterizing the pdfs

- disabling all filters

- disabling all adjustments such as opacity

 

I don't know if the problem is because it's an older file or if these problems would persist if i rebuilt the file from scratch in the current version ....

 

I can share the file in a personal message but not on the forum.

[marctwo]

I've got this issue too. Some (but not all) images missing from exported PDF. In my case all the missing images had been cropped.

[Jim_A]

I'm also getting missing images in exported PDFs.

The missing images are placed PDFs. These placed PDFs contain jpg images.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a picture frame in an Affinity document and place a jpg.
2. Export as PDF.
3. Create a new Affinity document and place the pdf created above.
4. Export as PDF.

The second exported PDF is missing the original jpg image. Sometimes parts of the jpg appear. Sometimes the bounding box of the image appears.

[ macos beta 1.7.0.167 ]

[dcarvalho84]

I've had something similar to @marctwo, i've had to rasterize the file before export, otherwise some images/detais are missing.

[Seneca]

3 hours ago, dcarvalho84 said:

i've had to rasterize the file before export,

I've done the same thing and once rasterised I was able to PDF some book covers successfully. Interestingly, I didn't have that problem with earlier Betas.

[AdamW]

Thank you. We caught this just too late after 167 went out, but have fixed it and will be issuing another update in with the mix of new Photo and Designer Betas as soon as we can.

[dcarvalho84]

13 hours ago, AdamW said:

Thank you. We caught this just too late after 167 went out, but have fixed it and will be issuing another update in with the mix of new Photo and Designer Betas as soon as we can.

Nice! Thank you!

You just need a little bit more attention if you're doing work for a client like i am (and i've done a lot of them in AFPub) And i think that is the best way to test it, in real scenarios.

[ricoho]

I can't export a pdf as PDF/X-1a: I get the message that there is an error. I will attach the project file here.Ausstellungen 2019.afpub

[thomaso]

35 minutes ago, ricoho said:

I can't export a pdf as PDF/X-1a: I get the message that there is an error.

The applications seems to have issues with text/font in your document. A PDF/X-1a export is possible with the 4 text frames in the header/footer set to invisible.
Weird: in the resulting PDF all remaining text become curves.

As a workaround to get a PDF with all text you could convert these 4 frames from text to curves – with the little disadvantage that you can't alter the text in the PDF (- and in your document if you save it curved). Unfortunately in the PDF all text become curves.

A faster but less quality workaround is to choose the export option "Rasterise: Everything".
 

 

[Patrick Connor]

This problem has been solved. Please download the latest beta, currently 1.7.0.174 but any later one would be pinned to the top of the forum

[marctwo]

On 11/16/2018 at 10:05 PM, Patrick Connor said:

This problem has been solved. Please download the latest beta, currently 1.7.0.174 but any later one would be pinned to the top of the forum

Thank you. I can confirm that this is fixed for me in 174.

[get in shape]

I'm on 1.8 and also missing images on PDF Export. 
So is it still a bug or is it a setting?

[garrettm30]

15 minutes ago, get in shape said:

I'm on 1.8 and also missing images on PDF Export. 
So is it still a bug or is it a setting?

I do not know of a setting where an image visible in the document is excluded from export (unless you are not exporting a whole page or spread). If you are getting that error in 1.8.1, it is likely a bug. I recommend you uploaded a reduced version of the document that shows the problem.

[get in shape]

Ok I know what was the problem. I was too impatience, file size was still calculating, while I already hit export. 
Maybe it should be better if Affinity would give a warning or wait for the export button to be available.

[garrettm30]

5 minutes ago, get in shape said:

I was too impatience, file size was still calculating, while I already hit export. 
Maybe it should be better if Affinity would give a warning or wait for the export button to be available.

I'm glad you figured out how to achieve the result you need, but that still sounds like something is not right. In my opinion, that kind of human error should not be possible.

[get in shape]

I agree it should be foolproof

[Patrick Connor]

@get in shape

Please can you make a new bug report thread, it should absolutely not be possible to export a pdf with elements missing just because you didn't wait for the size to finish calculating.

Please describe your document and it's content so we can try to replicate, but if we cannot then Serif can provide you with a private upload link in your but report thread so you can provide a file that shows the problem.