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Below two examples in macOS, both are free, "Vorschau" comes with the system. Consider the difference between my two attached images, first from Firefox and second from Acrobat Reader DC.

Desktop: new: Windows 11 Home, version 21H2 Affinity Photo 1. However, I have noticed that, when I zoom in and out of that page in Publisher, a similar line appears for a fraction of a second and then disappears, even when the Recolour Adjustment is switched OFF. Since it occurs in Acrobat at the object which got rasterized only I wonder if this issue is related to the artefacts which occur at the edges of white pixel objects placed on a spot color as in this topic:.

There is a definite issue occuring here, in that all viewers except Adobe for some reason default to changing the original nature of the exported vector graphics to deliberately 'enhance' vector graphic lineweights, and not display them correctly as the author intended when the file is exported. The tech guy tried to open the PDF export from Publisher within both Chrome and Microsoft Edge as a test and both had exactly the same very dark and unwanted vector line 'enhancement' occurring in the viewers.

Even the latest version of the Foxit PDF software does the same thing.. As do all the web browsers. Although I can appreciate this MAY be a factor done for reasons of physical printing, we are in a digital age now where many people are not wanting to print, and actually rely and defer to the orignal digital format for accurate viewing purposes. It reads terrible, but the same thing is happening through all the default PDF viewers built into the web browsers as well Again, except Adobe, which as you know gives you the option to turn off in my case this desperately unwanted and unnatural vector line enhancement.

If zoomed in beyond the designated print size of The point is that the file should read correctly no matter what viewer is used. PDF is an industry standard, yet the viewers aren't. This is why I am wondering if it is a scaling issue of vector graphics that could be addressed with some additional PDF vector line options in the PDF export menu - hence my original post.

I did a bit of digging, and it turns out this line thickness adjustment is a thing that can be controlled - but I don't think that Affinity supports it. The long and the short of it is that the spec and Adobe Reader give full control over this without needing the end user to alter their view settings manually, it's Affinity that doesn't support it. I think that these are basically rendering issues, results of having curved gradients drawn on screen, and I do not think that there is universal solution that works for every viewer app and every viewing device e.

To be sure that a specific design shows as desired for most viewers, it may be necessary to create the job in a certain way. Having this kind of art as vector design would probably be the best option as that would normally avoid antialiasing problems.

In apps that support smart recoloring, it would be a matter of few clicks to map the kind of an RGB gray gradient present in this job to global colors and then recolor the design. So doing e. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Sign up to join this community.

The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Start collaborating and sharing organizational knowledge. Create a free Team Why Teams? Learn more about Teams. Asked 1 year ago. Modified 1 year ago. Viewed times. Improve this question. Not an affinity user.. There's no excuse for such a vast difference. Even if your export settings were "off" in some way, the worst that could happen is color shifts, but that ghosting, the grain?

All unacceptable and a print error as in the guy running the press , not a PDF error. I don't know if Affinity does that. Thanks for your comment! The grain comes from the photo of the print I took today.

The printery I work with is a professional one with good machinery. Comment Sandrine Bascouert that's so kind of you. I have just downloaded the program and I think I have it all working! Thank you for your help! Comment Kitty Newton Yes I have both!

If you want to DM me so I can convert for you, no problem, I'll leave you with the tweaking :. Comment Sandrine Bascouert thank you for the advice that's really helpful, do you use Affinity yourself?

Comment Anna Negrini thank you for the link, it looks like a free trial is my best option. There are tons of options in affinity designer to export a PDF to fit your needs. Comment Hi Kitty,. You'll only be able to convert afdesign and afpublisher files to a readable Adobe one by converting to.