Mensch Mesch Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 In this short demo I'll show you how to use the Live Filter - Perspective of Affinity Photo on a text-frame in Affinity Publisher. Come-on-baby-light-my-fire-SD.mp4 R. Eric Sonera, StuartRc, Pariah73 and 6 others 8 1 Quote Find me on YouTube | Mensch Mesch | MeWe | Twitter | Pinterest iMac27 5k 32 GB, MacBook Pro M1 | macOS 12.1 | iPad Pro2 | iOS 15.2 Affinity Designer 1.10.5 [macOS & iOS] | Affinity Photo 1.10.5 [macOS & iOS] | Affinity Publisher 1.10.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Now that's what I call a useful feature. Thanks for sharing this and showing just how easy it is to do. Mensch Mesch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Now, if you want to export it as PDF, you'll have to rasterize manually the effect with "new layer from visible" in the Photo personna (this way, you keep the original layer), since no live filter is rasterized when exporting to PDF (and the result is plain text without effect). Mensch Mesch, R. Eric Sonera and Pariah73 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Hmm… that’s a real shame. Exporting to PNG seems to work okay – for the small number of tests that I’ve done – but exporting to PDF doesn’t. That seems like quite an unfortunate shortcoming. I had a quick look in the Publisher Help but can’t see any warnings about this, which is a little worrying, especially for anyone who doesn’t check their PDF before going to print (a step which no-one should omit but some people might easily do). Also, I’ve noticed a couple of extra issues: 1. The Live Perspective Filter must have its bounds within the original layer boundary, otherwise the result is cropped/clipped (this is different to how it works in Photo ‘natively’) - see attached GIF (Note 1: I’ve just noticed that if you go to another application and then back to Publisher the text is no longer cropped/clipped to the original layer boundary, it’s still a problem though.). (Note 2: Also, for the Live Perspective Filter with boundaries larger than the original layer, if you switch the filter off, the canvas isn’t redrawn properly.)2. The text, when exported to PDF, is not just in its original position but is also rasterised (to a fairly low resolution too) – see attached PDF. (This rasterisation was my fault, it's not a problem.) Do we know if these issues are expected behaviour, or have they been overlooked, or are they simply bugs? If exporting to PDF causes some filters/features to be overridden/omitted then there should be some kind of warning for the user, otherwise they could have some expensive problems later in the process. live-perspective-filter.pdf Mensch Mesch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 It's the same when exporting to PDF from APhoto. I suspect it's a bug, an omission, and the live filter(s) aren't rasterized when exporting to PDF. Mensch Mesch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I created a bug report: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/95949-live-filters-are-not-processed-properly-in-exported-pdfs/ (The rasterisation issue I reported earlier was just me not noticing I had the export set to 72dpi for some reason. ) We’ll see what happens. Mensch Mesch and Wosven 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 19, 2019 Staff Share Posted August 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Wosven said: It's the same when exporting to PDF from APhoto. I suspect it's a bug, an omission, and the live filter(s) aren't rasterized when exporting to PDF. Hi Wosven, This is a known issues that's already logged to be looked at. Mensch Mesch, Wosven and GarryP 1 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 @MEB, Thanks, there's a similar error with fill layers and nested objects to look at: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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