3drenderingservices.co.uk Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Seems like a bug to me (I'm using the latest, current Beta version of Publisher); I get thin black line in a PDF where an image (either a jpg or png) has been placed within a Publisher document - please see attached to see how it looks when exported as a PDF. Jez EMINhttps://3drenderingservices.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I'd check whether the image itself hasn't got the thin black line round it. Open it in an image editor & use very high magnification to look at the edge. If it has you could use the crop tool to remove it. Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3drenderingservices.co.uk Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 It doesn't have a line around it. None of them do. Jez EMINhttps://3drenderingservices.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 30 minutes ago, 3drenderingservices.co.uk said: I get thin black line in a PDF where an image (either a jpg or png) Hi @3drenderingservices.co.uk, something similar happened to me when the placed images were located at a fraction of pixels. E.g. the left (x) or top (y) position was something like 200.3px. Check the transform panel to see these values. Could this be the cause? d. Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Any chance you could attach an example afpub file? Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3drenderingservices.co.uk Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 12 minutes ago, dominik said: Hi @3drenderingservices.co.uk, something similar happened to me when the placed images were located at a fraction of pixels. E.g. the left (x) or top (y) position was something like 200.3px. Check the transform panel to see these values. Could this be the cause? d. Sounded promising, and I tested your suggestion, but no, it's not that - it's something to do with when rasterising "Everything" (in the PDF Options pre-exporting). If I choose "Everything" (rather than leaving it as "Nothing"), that is when and where the issue presents itself. Jez EMINhttps://3drenderingservices.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3drenderingservices.co.uk Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 11 minutes ago, MickRose said: Any chance you could attach an example afpub file? Sorry, no can do. Jez EMINhttps://3drenderingservices.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 35 minutes ago, 3drenderingservices.co.uk said: it's something to do with when rasterising "Everything" (in the PDF Options pre-exporting). At least you are narrowing it down. Thanks for trying my suggestion. d. Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlM Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I can reproduce it. It only appears at certain magnifications in the pdf such as 125% and 400%. It doesn't appear on a printed hard copy though so my guess is that it's a screen driver issue. On the sample pdf I attached it only appears on the car jpg and not on the dancing couple png. Test.afpub test.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted April 2, 2019 Staff Share Posted April 2, 2019 Hi all, I tried your afpub file @CarlM and it exports fine in the latest Publisher Beta. Thanks, Gabe. Tuesday, 2 April 2019 at 11-49-25.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3drenderingservices.co.uk Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Sorry to say that I am still having exactly the same problem as I mentioned originally, so for me it is not fixed at all (shame as I was happy to learn from Gabriela that it was fixed). For information, I am on the latest Beta 1.7.0.283. Export preset PDF Flatten is what I need and chose and the output looks exactly like my first image posted above. I've just noticed that I didn’t mention that my original post that in my case I’m importing pngs with transparency (though I did mention it happens with Jpgs too). by the way, I cannot seem to reply to posts on my windows 10 pc, each time I try, the reply box opens and closes rapidly and I’ve tried this in Chrome and Firefox (this reply was sent via my iPad). Jez EMINhttps://3drenderingservices.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3drenderingservices.co.uk Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 2:54 PM, CarlM said: I can reproduce it. It only appears at certain magnifications in the pdf such as 125% and 400%. It doesn't appear on a printed hard copy though so my guess is that it's a screen driver issue. On the sample pdf I attached it only appears on the car jpg and not on the dancing couple png. Test.afpub test.pdf Okay, now I can send this message via my PC - but I tried for at least 10 minutes beforehand and each time I tried, the reply box opened and closed without allowing me to type anything in here first. (and this has happened to me now several times). Jez EMINhttps://3drenderingservices.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3drenderingservices.co.uk Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 Just to let you know that I tried with Carl’s affinity file and I get the problem still. please see attached (I’ve also attached a gif to show the behaviour of this website on my windows 10 pc when I try replying via my computer). Test.pdf Jez EMINhttps://3drenderingservices.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) As far as I can see there is no line ... except when you turn on smoothing / flattening (do not know correct translation) vectors and/or images in your PDF viewers preferences. Added: Smoothing / flattening vector could be turned on, because sometimes vectors look pixelated. I always turned it off for images, because these thin lines are irritating. Edited April 3, 2019 by Joachim_L Added information Gabe 1 ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted April 3, 2019 Staff Share Posted April 3, 2019 I managed to consistently replicate it using that attached PDF, but not from scratch. Any chance you can attach the PNG you have used to create that? It seems that Joachim_L has found the issue for you. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3drenderingservices.co.uk Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 Yes, this is the issue as I’d mentioned at the start in my 3rd post in this thread (6th post down). When you FLATTEN a pdf, necessary in order to reduce its size for the purposes of portability, you pay the price for that by getting these lines appearing - seems Gabriela didn’t test for this. Jez EMINhttps://3drenderingservices.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Do me a favour and turn off flattening / smoothing for vector / images in your PDF viewers preferences and tell me if the lines are still there. I still believe, that there are no lines, it is just a display issue resp. how the PDF viewer renders the page. 3drenderingservices.co.uk 1 ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3drenderingservices.co.uk Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 Thanks Joachim, that was it. Jez EMINhttps://3drenderingservices.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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