PaladinSites Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 When using Designer I am exporting a project to pdf and it is drastically changing the colors. The project was designed in CMYK, and as best as I can tell the document settings color profile and export color profile are the same. I cannot seem to figure out why this is doing this and I am up against a deadline to get this project to the printer. I was unable to find anything on the forum about this, so I'm sure it's something simple I'm overlooking, but being new to Designer, I can't figure it out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted March 22, 2019 Staff Share Posted March 22, 2019 Hi PaladinSites and Welcome to the Forums, Can you attach the .afdesign file for this and let me know what export settings you are using when selecting PDF. If it's too large to attach to a forum reply, just upload it to our Dropbox here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSites Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Thanks for the quick reply. Since making this post last night, I think I've actually narrowed down the issue to Adobe Acrobat DC, not Affinity. On a whim, I opened the file in an online pdf viewer (pdfpro) and it looks perfect. I'm not sure why Acrobat is making it look so far off. It turned my blue into teal. I had the color profile settings in Acrobat set exactly the same as the exported pdf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSites Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Actually, I take that back. My eyes are playing tricks on me now it seems. Even in the online pdf viewer the color is off. Here's a file... Sursum Business Cards back.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 36 minutes ago, PaladinSites said: Actually, I take that back. My eyes are playing tricks on me now it seems. Even in the online pdf viewer the color is off. Here's a file... The PDF export looks fine to me in Acrobat. Your design needs to bleed. There is neither bleed set in the Document setup nor does element that extends to the document edge actually extend off the artboard/page to allow for trimming variance. There is also a white rectangle at the back that is (apparently) unneeded. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSites Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 I'm not sure why I'm having an issue viewing it then. Thanks for the other tips as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klsmn Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I'm having issues like these as well. Trying to export a page that contains an embedded document in the. afdesigner file. Viewing the exported PDF, the background color seems to be off from the color of the main symbol. Everything looks and seems fine in Designer itself - same colors everywhere, same color profiles etc. When reopening the exported PDF in Designer the colors then seem to match. Unsure what the problem is here and uncertain if the print will be off too. Any suggestions? I attached the afdesign file if anyone wants to have a look. Talking about the second artboard here. Also attached, screen grab from Designer and the exported pdf in Preview. Thanks! GJU12019-Logo-Fahnen2.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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