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Mar 26, 2017 Welcome to Affinity Forums:) No, Affinity Photo/Designer doesn't have an auto-tracing feature/functionality not is able to convert a pixel selection into a vector shape at the moment. You will have to use a third party software for that like Image Vectorizer, Vector Magic, or Super Vectorizer 2. Affinity Designer is the fastest, smoothest, most precise vector graphic design software around. Built from the ground up over a five-year period, every feature, tool, panel and function has been developed with the needs of creative professionals at its core.

Serif’s Affinity Designer has been increasing in popularity over the last couple of years. The main appeal is that the program is a viable alternative to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. One significant advantage that Affinity Designer has over Photoshop is that you can export vector files for sharp images.

Affinity Designer’s fixed price means that anyone wanting to create designs for print will be able to do so without having to pay a monthly subscription.

So how do you create and export print-ready files in Affinity Designer? We’ll break it down for you.

Creating Your Print Files

• Start Affinity Designer and click ‘File’ at the top of your screen.
• Click ‘New’ in the dropdown menu; This will show you a dialog box in which you’ll create your document that will be print-ready.
• Most of our files, with a few notable exceptions, are required to have 1/16” bleed or an additional 0.0125” added to each file. Here is where you enter your product dimensions with bleed.
• Next, you will want to make sure your color format is in CMYK as that is also one of our file requirements four our printers. All CMYK 4-Color Process printers, such as ourselves, are unable to guarantee a 100% color match. We can guarantee that the color will print within CMYK industry standards. A color conversion may result in a more significant color shift.

Exporting Your File(s):

• Click ‘File’ and then navigate down to ‘Export.’
• A dialog window will appear that shows all of the different file types that you can export your document as. For print files, we recommend exporting your file as a PDF to retain its vector properties. Make sure ‘Raster DPI’ is set at 0 so that nothing gets rasterized (turned into pixels).

That is it! You’re ready to upload on our site with your print-ready file.

If you would like some help creating your print-ready files, feel free to reach out to our excellent graphic design team by completing the online form.

Additional Print File Blogs:

• How to Create Print-Ready Files Using Canva:
  Some customers choose to use the online design site, Canva, for creating print-ready files. It’s essential to make sure your files are set up correctly.
• How to Make Print Ready Files for Etsy:
  Etsy offers owners to sell digital downloads. Customers want a smooth experience. We’ve included some helpful tips to get those files set up correctly to download and print.
• The Difference Between CMYK Color vs. RGB For Printing:
  Which is best for your print project? We’ll help you decide which is best for you and explain the differences.

A message from the Affinity team

As a way to lend support to the creative community during these difficult times, we’re once again offering a 90-day free trial of the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite, for anyone who wants to use them (even those who have previously completed a free trial). We’re also bringing back the 50% discount for those who would prefer to buy and keep the apps, including our iPad versions.

In other news…

our apps are fully optimized for the next generation of Mac

Ready to go on Apple’s Big Sur and primed to deliver superfast performance on Macs with M1 chips, recent updates to the macOS versions of our apps mean huge performance gains.

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