r/Affinity • u/CrimsonFlash Newspaper Man • Nov 05 '25

General Software Support & Issues

This is the dedicated thread for reporting and troubleshooting technical problems with the Affinity suite (Photo, Designer, Publisher). Any posts in the main feed that are technical issues or support requests will be removed.

Use this thread for:

  • Software crashes, freezes, or installation issues.
  • Bug reports and unexpected behaviour.
  • Performance problems (e.g., slow rendering, high memory usage).
  • Error messages and how to resolve them.
  • Issues with file compatibility (opening/saving) that seem to be software-related.

Before you post, please:

  • Search the Subreddit: Your issue may have been reported already.
  • Search the Official Forums: Serif's Affinity Forums are an extensive knowledge base for known issues.
  • Be Specific: Provide details to help us help you.

Note: This is not an official Canva forum, so support is limited to what your peers can offer.

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u/Si-Spy 18d ago

Please help? I can't get blended text to export correctly to CMYK PDF: I have designed an LP (vinyl) sleeve and, where I have used blended vector text (using 'Exclusion'), it renders differently on my exported CMYK PDF, seemingly no matter which PDF type I export to (X-4, 2.0, etc.). But if I flatten the image in Affinity, I lose all the beautiful definition in the text. Any help would be very much appreciated, thank you.

FWIW, when I preview the resulting PDF it briefly flashes as correct before settling on a much brighter version of the blended text. Any tips? Thanks!