pdfprint-composerqgis
Is it possible, to export a print composer map as PDF with all shapes as raster and just the text (embedded) as vector?
My maps use transparency and blending, so I'm forced to export them as raster. Thats okay, if the text would be vector and editable in scribus/inkscape.
Yes, although it comes with some side effects. You need to change the label rendering from "outlines" to text objects. This setting slightly degrades the quality of rendered labels, and will also result in alignment issues with buffered text. To change this setting, you need to:
This setting will apply to all layers in your map.
There's a lot of useful information in the comments, which I summarize here so it doesn't get buried. Credit to @Mapperz and @Juan.
Adobe products have a limit of 32,768 vertices (16 bit limit?). The limit was reached in this situation because of a vector layer with
QGIS doesn't crop the data to the map extent when exporting to pdf, so the vertices outside the map extent still count towards the total number of vertices. I made a feature request.
The current solution is to reduce the number of vertices before exporting. Starting with the layer with the most vertices, apply these methods until the output falls below the 32,768 vertex limit.
Use the Simplify algorithm to reduce the vertex density. This method will alter the data within the map extent.
Simplify This algorithm simplifies the geometries in a line or polygon layer. It creates a new layer with the same features as the ones in the input layer, but with geometries containing a lower number of vertices.
A workaround would be to export as raster instead of vector. Rasters don't have vertices, so the 32,768 vertex limit doesn't apply.
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Best Answer
Set each individual shapefile layer to render as a raster.
For each layer that you want to render as raster, go to its
Then when you export a map from print composer, make sure that you don't check "Print as raster"
This should render each layer as a raster while leaving everything else as a vector.