topic Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

Amanda__Huber — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:19:22 GMT

Hello Pro Team,

It appears we may have discovered an issue. When exporting a pro layout with gradient fill, the export does not visualize correctly. After further testing it appears the issue is Gradient Fill with one transparent color and "Absolute Extent" on. Please see image below for settings and issue:

Thank you,

Amanda Huber

Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

Amanda__Huber — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:27:25 GMT

Update-

Contacted Esri support regarding this issue and turns out it is in fact a bug.

Here are the details for those who may also run into this issue-

Bug Number: BUG-000163691 Synopsis: Symbology is missing in the map when exported as a PDF file if using gradient fill symbology. Status: In Review
Additional Notes: The issue is resulting from changing the Extent in Gradient Fill settings to Absolute. The issue does not reproduce if use Relative Extent in the Gradient Fill settings. The issue does not reproduce when exported as Image (JPEG & JPEG 2000).

Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

HollyTorpey_LSA — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:46:23 GMT

Hi, @Amanda__Huber! I just encountered the same issue in Pro 3.3, so apparently it's not fixed yet. Are you still experiencing the issue? Did you find a workaround?

I tried setting the gradient fill extent to "Relative," and that seemed to work for the PDF, but it made the legend item turn into a simple thin line with no visible gradient (sort of like what happened to the Absolute Extent gradient fill looked in the PDF). So for now I'm having to duplicate the layer in the legend and use the absolute one for the legend and the relative one for the map. Please let me know if you've come up with a less janky solution! 🙂

Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

gdesantis5 — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:36:37 GMT

I too am still having this issue. The bug has not been resolved.

Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

CWilliamLee — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:01:09 GMT

Everyone in my office is having this same problem. How do we get someone to care enough to get us a fix?

Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

AubriOtis — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:54:41 GMT

Hi,

According the the bug number referenced by Amanda, linked here https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/symbology-is-missing-in-the-map-when-exported-as-a-pdf-bug-000163691, this is fixed for ArcGIS Pro 3.4 which has not yet been released. I'm sorry for all the trouble it's causing, a fix is coming it's just not currently available.

Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

LLyons — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:28:03 GMT

The bug seems to be fixed for a period of time but we're now experiencing it again in v.3.5.2. Help please!

Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

LanaJewell — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:56:11 GMT

Hello, still experiencing issues with 3.5.3 . I am attempting to display a line feature with the Gradient Line symbology option. While the PDF export shows the gradient symbology correctly, it breaks/warps the geometry of the line feature in the PDF which it doesn't do with simpler line symbology. I receive an export warning that "Capability not supported in export format, some content is being rasterized" and then the geometry shows breaks in the line and incorrectly shifts features. Is there any way to reopen this bug?

Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

GISUSER6 — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:09:16 GMT

Also having the same issue!

Re: ArcGIS Pro- Issue with PDF Export and Gradient Fill

AmyD — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:28:50 GMT

I just got this error with Pro 3.6.1 so it doesn't seem to be fixed yet.