PDFs are incorrectly sized

[chrisspurgeon]

Most appropriate sub-area of Processing 4?

Core/Environment/Rendering

Processing version

4.4.3+

Operating system

Mac OSX

Bug description

Beginning with Processing 4.4.3, when rendering out a PDF, the resulting PDF contains only to upper left quarter of the expected image, but magnified 2X so the upper left fills the entire PDF.

Steps to reproduce this

"1.Run this example code in Processing 4.4.3 or later on Mac OSX

import processing.pdf.*;

String PDFName = "Processing PDF render test.pdf";
void setup() {
  size(1395, 1395);
  beginRecord(PDF, PDFName);

  noLoop();
}

void draw() {
  background(255);


  translate(width/2, height/2);
  fill(55,55,100);
  ellipse(0, 0, width, height);


  endRecord();
} // end of draw()

2. Examine the generated PDF. Note how the expected image (a circle) is incorrectly expanded and clipped.

3."

snippet

import processing.pdf.*;

String PDFName = "Processing PDF render test.pdf";
void setup() {
  size(1395, 1395);
  beginRecord(PDF, PDFName);

  noLoop();
}

void draw() {
  background(255);


  translate(width/2, height/2);
  fill(55,55,100);
  ellipse(0, 0, width, height);


  endRecord();
} // end of draw()

Additional context

No response

Would you like to work on the issue?

No, I’m just reporting the issue

[SableRaf]

Hi @chrisspurgeon and thanks for reporting this.

This is related to a recent change in Processing 4.4.3. We updated the default pixelDensity() setting to match your display’s density, which makes sketches look sharper on high-DPI screens, but it had also some unexpected side-effects.

We're working on a fix, but in the meantime, try adding pixelDensity(1); inside the setup() function. That should make the export to PDF scale as expected.

Note: this issue is a duplicate of #693

[chrisspurgeon]

THANKS! That works!