DawnB Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 I am new to Affinity Designer and am working on a laptop with Windows. I have created a design and when I export it to pdf, the colors appear considerably different. How do I resolve this issue? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted September 20, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 20, 2019 Can you please provide more information on the colour profile that you are using with your document and the export settings you are using for the PDF export Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnB Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 I am using the CMYK colour profile on my document and for the export settings I am using the Preset PDF for Print(CMYK), Raster DPI:300, Area: Whole Document, Downsample images: Above DPI 450, Use DPI: 300, Allow JPEG compression Quality: 85, Compatability:PDF 1.7(Acrobat 8), Color Space: CMYK, ICC Profile: Use document profile, and Embed ICC profile. Please let me know if you need anymore information from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted September 20, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 20, 2019 Can you please try exporting using the preset PDF/X-1a:2003 and let me know if the colours are incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnB Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 Ok, I may have figured out my issue. I am using two monitors. When I view the image on my second freestanding monitor, the color is off. But I just moved it onto my laptop screen adjacent to my image in Affinity and it is spot on. And I just printed it out and it is correct on the print. Sorry to waste your time, but it seems my old monitor is the culprit this time. Do you recommend I still use the preset you recommended in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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