flycasual_synthwave Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Hello :) I seem to be unable to export some text with the applied fx on. The attached screenshots show my text in affinity and then after exporting to pdf. This is for a book front cover. In affinity I have a nice ink drop style effect with white shadows etc, then after exporting the text appears flat with no texture, just plain black. I have read a lot about rasterising and converting to pixels but each time I do this the nice text becomes all fuzzy and I lose my effects on export anyway. Is there a way to rasterise and maintain the smooth edges to the text? I really appreciate any help! :) Thanks, Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted April 29, 2019 Staff Share Posted April 29, 2019 Hi flycasual_synthwave What PDF export settings are you using please? A screenshot of this with the 'More' dialog open would be very helpful, thanks In advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycasual_synthwave Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Thank you for your reply. Here are my PDF export settings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Just tried this with your PDF settings and got this: (Top is Affinity Photo, bottom is exported PDF) For the I used: Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrah Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I'm having this issue too, effects look different post export. Why? Why is this even a possibility? How can I get what I see on the screen while I'm working? How can anyone trust this program if exports look drastically different than the work that appears on the screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 As far as I see, the issue is that the FX (3D) are not transfered, right? Possibly the "Overprint Black" setting overprints the lights? Not sure about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrah Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 minute ago, iconoclast said: As far as I see, the issue is that the FX (3D) are not transfered, right? For me it happens with all the effects from outlines, to shadows, to glow, to even noise in a color When applying any effect like the 3D or otherwise. Regradless of whether "scale with object" is selected or not, the exported result looks very different, thinned out. Here's an example: Left image is Post-Export, right image is Pre-Export Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 At first, we are talking about Publisher, right? Seems to work fine for me. But I'm on Windows. You're on Mac, right? Possibly a bug of the Mac version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrah Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 minute ago, iconoclast said: At first, we are talking about Publisher, right? Seems to work fine for me. But I'm on Windows. You're on Mac, right? Possibly a bug of the Mac version? This happens in all the Affinity apps for me. The picture I attached is from a Designer project. I’m using Windows 10, latest update on all the Affinity apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 What are your updated versions? My Photo and Publisher, I purchased from the Windows Store, got updated yesterday to vs 1.10.0.1127. Designer, I purchased from the Affinity Store, hasn't updated yet. It is still 1.9.2.1035. As far as I remember, it should have done automatically after I started it. But even I am locked in to my user account, I can't see any option to start an update. Should I start a thread for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I made several experiments with various settings, but I could'nt reproduce your problem. Maybe it could help if you would upload a sample file in an Affinity format (afdesign, afpub, afphoto). By the way, what software are you displaying your exported pdf-files with? I watched mine in Firefox and Acrobat Reader and they looked as they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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