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40. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
TANK... Sep 22, 2014 6:39 PM (in response to alwasha)I have no idea. -
41. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
Monika Gause Sep 23, 2014 1:33 AM (in response to TANK...)By default Illustrator files don't have a background unless you create some rectangle in the back of your artwork.
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42. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
karatechopninja Sep 27, 2014 2:41 AM (in response to alwasha)It's funny how everyone's saying to save it as .eps when really you can simply export it as a png file like on Photoshop. go to File --> Export --> Save As Type '.png' --> Export --> Interlaced [√] --> Background Color [Transparent] --> OK.
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43. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
Willi Adelberger Sep 29, 2014 7:38 AM (in response to karatechopninja)karatechopninja schrieb:
It's funny how everyone's saying to save it as .eps when really you can simply export it as a png file like on Photoshop. go to File --> Export --> Save As Type '.png' --> Export --> Interlaced [√] --> Background Color [Transparent] --> OK.
When you want to import Illustrator Art work into InDesign, you should never use PNG. Never use EPS.
Save as AI and place it. Because EPS does not support transparency, PNG supports only reduced opacity but not any other kind of transparency. Using PNG os so a very bad idea.
PNG is also a raster file type. Why should someone rasterize vector artwork when it can be placed as AI file.
Please, don't give wrong or terrible advices.
You should neither do it with Photoshop files, if you place a Photoshop file in other applications, use PSD or if the file contains vectors or text, use PDP or PDF.
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44. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
BOBCOD Oct 14, 2014 11:47 AM (in response to alwasha)in adobe illustrator, go to menu bar and select View. scroll down from View to " Show Transparency Grid" or shift-command-D. click it! you should fix the problem.
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45. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
Willi Adelberger Oct 14, 2014 12:50 PM (in response to BOBCOD)bobcod schrieb:
in adobe illustrator, go to menu bar and select View. scroll down from View to " Show Transparency Grid" or shift-command-D. click it! you should fix the problem.
Sorry, your are wrong.
This does not solve the problem, even if you would save as EPS, the background grid would indicate transparency inside Illustrator, but if an EPS is placed, no transparency is imported into InDesign. So the solution can only be:
USE AI AS FILE FORMAT FOR PLACING ILLUSTRATOR FILES IN INDESIGN. NO EPS!
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46. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
Willi Adelberger Oct 14, 2014 12:53 PM (in response to karatechopninja)karatechopninja schrieb:
It's funny how everyone's saying to save it as .eps when really you can simply export it as a png file like on Photoshop. go to File --> Export --> Save As Type '.png' --> Export --> Interlaced [√] --> Background Color [Transparent] --> OK.
This is a wrong answer.
When you want to save a file with transparence you cannot use EPS.
But when you want to export a file for InDesign, you can't export a PNG neither, because it will convert everything to RGB and is not supporting Color Management. The transparency of a PNG file is very different to the transparency of an AI file. A PNG file supports only alpha transparency (it is limited to reduced opacity). An AI file supports reduces opacity but also different filling and blending modes. So the only correct answer is to use AI or PDF (with Live Transparency) for importing files into InDesign.
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47. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
BOBCOD Oct 14, 2014 5:13 PM (in response to alwasha)ok let me try again.
1. in adobe illustrator with the logo, draw a box and fill it with nothing. send the box back of logo. ( that box will be transparent in the photoshop version )
2. select all of logo along with the empty box.
3. copy art/ graphic from adobe illustrator, command-c.
4. open photoshop. under menu bar "file" select "new"
5. a window will open with name preset etc... look for "background Contents:" button in the window. click and scroll down to "transparent" click ok.
6. paste logo, command-v. into the new box. the logo should be without background.
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48. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
drewdesigns Oct 30, 2014 1:50 PM (in response to alwasha)Here is a basic Adobe Illustrator cs6 image file.
and this is after exporting as a .psd file and opening in Photoshop CS6
Comes right in with transparent background. And yes you can also place the .ai file directly into a new document in photoshop. Be sure to create a new doc in photoshop with a transparent background.
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49. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
Del_Boy Nov 20, 2014 7:50 AM (in response to dyemotion)When you 'Save for web' and select PNG24 you will have the transparency option, just like PShop's 'Save for web'.
From my limited experience I would say that any time you want to use your piece in another software, use File>Export... which will give you multi-compatible save options including PNG with transparent BG
Exporting a PSD with 'write layers' checked in the options is best for Photoshop
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51. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
Willi Adelberger Nov 23, 2014 5:35 AM (in response to jennifergraphicdesigner)This video is complete non-sense.
Save as AI, save as PDF, both file types support transparency and don't loose vectors.
PNG is a poor file type. If a PNG supports transparency, it is limited to reduced opacity, but Illustrator's transparency is much more as it includes a lot o blending modes.
PNG is limited to RGB also. Illustrator supports CMYK and RGB files.
PNG is a raster type, Illustrator is a vector.
Don't follow the advices to export to PNG files.
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52. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
rinnerarity Dec 6, 2014 1:18 PM (in response to Willi Adelberger)I've read this whole thread and I still don't know how to make the background transparent. Can someone communicate how to do this in layman's terms? I purchased a logo design from an online store, downloaded the file as an EPS, imported the EPS file into Adobe Illustrator which converted it to an .ai file, and then I exported the file as a .png for my website. The background is white, but I want it transparent. I don't have any other programs. Do I need another program in order to accomplish this? Thanks.
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53. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
Monika Gause Dec 6, 2014 2:32 PM (in response to rinnerarity)Totally depends on the nature of the file.
EPS doesn't mean that it's vector graphic. It may be an image. Even if it's vector graphic you might be out of luck, because it has shadows which were flattened when saving it as an EPS.
You first need to check if there are paths in the graphic or if it is a raster image. See in outline view.
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54. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
Willi Adelberger Dec 6, 2014 2:33 PM (in response to rinnerarity)The Illustrator file itself is transparent.
Problem is the EPS file. Is it transparent or does it have a white background or some transparency effects. They would have been lost if the file was saved as EPS without Illustrator editing capabilites.
If the file has transparency or no transparency effects have been applied you can got to File > Save for Web, select PNG and activate the Transparent Background option.
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55. Re: How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
rinnerarity Dec 6, 2014 2:44 PM (in response to Willi Adelberger)Thank you for the replies. I was able figure it out eventually While in th .ai file, I reduced the opacity to 0% and exported it to .png file and that worked.





