How do I get a transparent background in my Illustrator file?
I'm relatively new to Illustrator, (I'm working in CS4) and created a corporate logo for one of my clients. When I place the logo into Photoshop or InDesign, the logo is in a white box. How can I...
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Hello missjeanaboo, just to repeat Monika Gause post. If it is a eps/vector file, go to select all - ungroup, then with the selection tool and holding down shift key select parts of the logo etc you...
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Hello Trex! So I Went to Select All- ungrouped and that worked! From that point I was able to select the one logo I wanted, copy it and edit it to my liking. So Thank so much!! My next problem is now,...
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Hi Monika Thanks so much for the help, I was finally able to ungroup them, I would attach an image but it's not letting me. Now my problem is trying to get the background invisible so the object and...
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Hello Missjeannaboo, please to be of some help so far., hope the info below will be of use? Select the logo/artwork you need - copy it open a new illustrator file - then paste - then save the file...
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YOU ARE A LIFESAVER! Thank you so much! I feel so silly, it was so simple! But I would've never figured it out! It worked perfect! I attached an image of one of my photos and the logo over it. Thanks...
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Thanks missjeannaboo. A pleasure to be of help. TREX
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For both questions: If your Illy file is not too big/complex, you can try Copy & Paste thru the Clipboard. Going into Photoshop, it will come in transparent. (Of course, the PDF Save is also good,...
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Just wondering why this question is still open. Shouldn't it be closed with all these answers?
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By default Illustrator files don't have a background unless you create some rectangle in the back of your artwork.
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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 -->...
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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'...
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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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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...
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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'...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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How to Save the File with a Transparent Background in Adobe Illustrator CS6 - YouTube
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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I have had trouble with this, but this is the easiest way I have found:1. Bring your image into illustrator2. Right click the miage to isolate the image3. With the object selected go to...
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After 54 response finally one that worked! thanks rinnerarity
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You need to export as a PNG file... http://99designs.com/designer-blog/2014/06/04/tutorial-create-png-files/
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ashleym4482865 schrieb: You need to export as a PNG file... http://99designs.com/designer-blog/2014/06/04/tutorial-create-png-files/You are recommending a complete wrong advice. Can you read?...
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Considering your answers never really answered the various questions posted in this thread, you are pretty vehement about how everyone else is wrong.OP--was asking how to create a logo with a...
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PRoblem is, many user require PNG, because they think that this is the correct way to apply tranparency as they do not know it better.Many have also a misunderstanding of transparency whar it is and...
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Simple fix. Perfect... thank you!
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I had same problem, I saved the PNG of the logo to my desktop, then exported as pdf from the file menu, then imported that pdf file of the same logo to Illustrator and the white background was gone,...
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AEJD<3 schrieb: I had same problem, I saved the PNG of the logo to my desktop, then exported as pdf from the file menu, then imported that pdf file of the same logo to Illustrator and the...
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Thanks Willi, you would think so, but after much back and forth on my desktop, the above method was the only way I uploaded my design to an outsourced print medium to the desired effect. If you have a...
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Sorry, i f someone give a wrong and stupid answer, I name it what it is. Even if several previous answers were correct. Your answer is not amongst the correct ones. It was wrong as you described, it...
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When you create a logo in Illustrator your background is transparent by default.There is no background color in Illustrator unless you create it. Best to go to View :Show transparent Grid. Once you...
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export it as a .png, when they ask in the dialog box pick transparent as the background. you now have a .png file with a transparent background. it took me, along with my friend, DAYS to figure this...
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ilovetrash schrieb: export it as a .png, when they ask in the dialog box pick transparent as the background. you now have a .png file with a transparent background. it took me, along with my friend,...
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yes. that's why there's pages & pages of answers that haven't done anyone any good, because it's so easy to move a transparent illustrator file all sorts of places it doesn't want to go. i mean,...
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THere are only so much pages as many people here gave dumb answers. And no, it is known that an AI file with PDF compatibility supports transparency, as it seen in the file itself as the PDF...
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it depends, dude, on what you are trying to do. some places cannot use a pdf. were i able to have used a pdf, i would have used a pdf. were i, in fact, able to use anything other than a .png, i would...
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The question was about print. So png is the wrong file type when it comes from Illustrator. No one should rasterize any Illustrator file for print purposes, so PSD does not make it either.
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i feel like, when people are recommending converting to PNG or PSD or whatever, they're talking about some specific circumstances that they're not making clear (like they need a raster file for...
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dude, there are all sorts of reasons people need to get a file from one program into another space, and they cant do it. i couldn't, my head hurt for one thing, but also i've been doing this work since...
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of course there are various reasons for doing things that way. but i think it's people posting stuff about converting to psd or png without any other context like it's the catch-all answer that is...
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ilovetrash, the OP asked about placing the file into Photoshop or InDesign, not about whatever situation you were in that made PNG the only option. There's a definitive answer that should have been...
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look, dude, it's turning into a mess was not my doing. it was a mess when i arrived. neither myself nor my partner could parse the forking thing, but it was supposedly the thread we needed to read. if...
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Hi. Well I don't know much about that, but an experiment helped me to do it flawlessly and I am sure it will assist you as well. I created a Jpeg file with white background and converted it into PNG....
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