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Rendering issues

Stretched Text Strings in Design Editor​

A text rendered in Design Editor looks blurred, unlike the same string with the same font settings in Adobe Photoshop.

Solution​

Check if scaling is applied to the text:

  1. Select the text layer in Photoshop.

  2. Check the Info tab.

    The text layer info tab.

In this case, set a bigger font size instead of scaling the text.

Faded Hi-res Outputs in PDF​

The hi-res output looks faded if your design contains transparent raster layers above vector layers.

Solution​

Enable the rasterization of vector layers in Aurigma.DesignAtoms.config by using the PdfHiResRasterizeVectorLayers parameter.

<Aurigma.DesignAtoms>
    <add key="PdfHiResRasterizeVectorLayers" value="True" />
</Aurigma.DesignAtoms>

Colors on the Canvas Do Not Match Colors in Photoshop​

You created a template, but colors on the canvas look different from colors in Photoshop.

Solution​

Design Editor applies color management on the canvas as well as to the hi-res outputs. This web-to-print editor uses profiles embedded in templates as source color profiles to render graphics on the canvas. If there are no color profiles in a template, then a default profile will be used depending on the color space:

  • SWOP (Coated) 20%, GCR, Medium profile for CMYK
  • sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile for RGB
  • Dot Gain 30% profile for Grayscale

These profiles are also used as default destination profiles for rendering hi-res outputs when you don't specify profiles in ~/Configuration/Aurigma.DesignAtoms.config. To avoid color space conversions, you can both design your templates in Photoshop and edit them in Design Editor by using the destination color profile:

  1. In Photoshop, assign a profile that is compatible with your printing equipment (click Edit > Assign profile).

    Assign a color profile in Photoshop.

  2. In Design Editor, specify the same color profile in the Aurigma.DesignAtoms.config file. For example, you can specify a CMYK profile as follows:

    <Aurigma.DesignAtoms>
        <add key="CmykColorProfileFileName" value="cmykColorProfile.icc" />
    </Aurigma.DesignAtoms>

  3. If you don't need to include color profiles in hi-res output files, set the PdfRenderDeviceProfileEnabled parameter to "True".

    <Aurigma.DesignAtoms>
        <add key="PdfRenderDeviceProfileEnabled" value="True" />
    </Aurigma.DesignAtoms>

CMYK Colors in a Hi-res Output Do Not Match the PSD Template​

You set a CMYK profile in a PSD template, but hi-res output colors look different from colors in the template.

Solution​

Design Editor uses color profiles from PSD templates only as source profiles. The default color profile for the CMYK color space is SWOP (Coated), 20%, GCR, Medium. So, if you set the hiResOutputColorSpace property to CMYK but did not set your profile in ~/Configuration/Aurigma.DesignAtoms.config, then the colors may differ. To set up a color space for hi-res outputs (destination colors):

  1. Specify the same CMYK profile as for PSD templates. The destination colors are set up in the **Aurigma.DesignAtoms.config **file. The following example shows how you can specify the CMYK profile.

    <Aurigma.DesignAtoms>
        <add key="CmykColorProfileFileName" value="cmykColorProfile.icc" />
    </Aurigma.DesignAtoms>

  2. Set the hiResOutputColorSpace property of the rendering configuration object to CMYK.

    configuration = {
        rendering: {
            hiResOutputColorSpace: "CMYK",
            hiResOutputFileFormat: "PDF",
            hiResOutputDpi: 300
        }
    };

IppStsExceededSizeError occurs​

The rendering of print files results in ippStsExceededSizeError.

Solution​

Enable the Anisotropic9 resize interpolation mode. In Aurigma.DesignAtoms.config, set UseAnisotropic9ResizeMode to True.

<Aurigma.DesignAtoms>
    <add key="UseAnisotropic9ResizeMode" value="True" />
</Aurigma.DesignAtoms>
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