Crazy good deal on art and design apps
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caiofilipini
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Does anyone know if Affinity Publisher is able to export PDFs while preserving layers (thinking about Tayda UV printing requirements)? I know Designer can't do that, just wondering if adding Publisher to my toolset would bridge that gap.
fig
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From their website;
"Check out just some of the brand-new features and major improvements below, including a new contour tool and select same in Affinity Designer, package output, data merge and PDF passthrough in Affinity Publisher, and the ability to add non-destructive liquify layers, path text and linked layers in Affinity Photo."
Sounds like it. I was just looking for the bundle
"Check out just some of the brand-new features and major improvements below, including a new contour tool and select same in Affinity Designer, package output, data merge and PDF passthrough in Affinity Publisher, and the ability to add non-destructive liquify layers, path text and linked layers in Affinity Photo."
Sounds like it. I was just looking for the bundle
Barry
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I don't know that I have a need for publisherFrom their website;
"Check out just some of the brand-new features and major improvements below, including a new contour tool and select same in Affinity Designer, package output, data merge and PDF passthrough in Affinity Publisher, and the ability to add non-destructive liquify layers, path text and linked layers in Affinity Photo."
Sounds like it. I was just looking for the bundle
Danbieranowski
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Designer does do that. Each layer is preserved. Not sure if that’s newer functionality or not but I use Designer to export for Tayda now.
caiofilipini
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Interesting, I tried it out with @SYLV9ST9R's help, and he couldn't see the layers when he imported the PDF onto Illustrator.
@Danbieranowski would you mind sharing your export settings? Thanks!
caiofilipini
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Oh, interesting! I guess I'll just try it out on my next UV print. Thanks!
Danbieranowski
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It's very possible that I only see the separate layers by re-opening the PDF with Designer. I'm not sure if it would work with Illustrator, I've never tried. But after a printing mishap with Tayda, I asked Hugo if the file was the cause of the issue and he said the files were good.
How Designer exports the layers is no matter how you "nest" the layers within each other, when Designer creates the PDF, it'll put those layers on the "base" layer list. For example, let's say I have a layer called "COLOR", and within that layer I have a second layer called "DRILL TEMPLATE". When I export that PDF, it will put COLOR and DRILL TEMPLATE in the layers list, rather than keeping DRILL TEMPLATE nested beneath the COLOR layer. This is obviously a 'no-go' for Tayda, as they only want the three layers they request. So to get around this, you have to make sure you don't use any layers other than those, and just use 'groups' within Designer when you want to group things together (like labels, drill template, etc.).
Here's a sample of my export settings:
caiofilipini
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JetFixxxer
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Might have to give it a try. Photoshop, GIMP, and what not always kick my ass.. Once I start learning, I end up not using it for a while and I forget what I learned.
Barry
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I know oh too well what you mean!
fig
Village Idiot
Here is the official Start Guide, and they maintain a forum. Once you learn the basic terminology and how it relates to your goal, it should get you started. (at least, that's my plan)
Plus, the folks here are a tremendous resource
fig
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JetFixxxer
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Even though I don't use these a lot. I went ahead and purchased them.. maybe now I will get off my ass and learn.. no no not really, I'm only kidding myself.
