When I attempt to “Export as PDF” a Print Composer image, it hangs up until I press cntrl/alt/del, whereupon I learn that QGIS is not responding and needs to be closed. I’ve tried this as jpg, jpeg, and tif.
Don't know if this is related or a different issue–When I attempt to “Export as PDF”, it goes better until I open the new image in Acrobat Reader. Then I get a message that “An error exists on this page. Acrobat may not display the image correctly.” And indeed, all I get is the background raster (aerial photo) that my map is based on—none of the vectors, etc., that I have overlaid. I've seen in this forum that labels can be an issue, and to use the "new" labels from the ABC icon. Does this refer to labels created in Print Composer (which I have many of), or labels attached to layers (which I don't have any of)? I don't see any ABC icon, and don't understand what this means and cannot find further information.
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I'm using the same versions of the software as you are, installed the same way. I exported a simple map, about 10 sq miles worth of 2012 NAIP orthophoto in Mr Sid format, and a simple square vector layer on top of it. The process took a few minutes, and Composer was reported as Not Responding in Composer's title bar, but eventually the process did finish and the resulting PDF opened just fine and Composer returned to a normal state.
I'm assuming a more complicated map would take longer to render, you may just have to wait the process out.