PDF export from Designer -> shadow effect is rasterized and no longer a vector element

[MacHolgi]

Hello all,

I designed a logo and used the outer shadow effect, Radius is set to 0 px. (see picture below)
My expectation was, when exporting this to a PDF x4, that this shadow still is a vector element. When zooming in the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat, I can see that the effect was rasterized.
In the PDF export preferenced, "Rasterize: Unsupported elements" is activated.
Switching this option to "Rasterize: Nothing" will result in a PDF file without any shadow.

Is there any way to keep effects as vector elements like in Adobe Illustrator?

Thanks for your hints!
I'm using Designer 1.6.1 on Mac OS X

Regards, Holger

[MEB]

Hi MacHolgi,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
All layer effects are raster based and scaled/transformed dynamically with the objects. On export they are rasterised according to the dpi specified in the Document Setup dialog, so there's no way to export them as vector elements.

[MacHolgi]

Thanks for the quick reply, MEB!
Regards, Holger