Missing transparency in placed PDFs
I do have issues with Illustrator displaying transparencies of placed PDFs as solid.
Steps to reproduce:
- Open a new document.
- Draw two partially overlapping rectangles with different colors.
- Set he opacity of the frontmost rectangle to 50%.
- Save this document as a PDF with setting Illustrator Standard (see attached file).
- Open a second document.
- Place the PDF file.
Expected result:
The topmost rectangle should be displayed with transparency.
Actual result:
The topmost rectangle is not transparent.
If you save the document with the placed PDF itself as PDF file, the rectangle is still transparent, so this is a display issue of Illustrator. Now it’s getting really weird: If you place this second PDF file in a new Illustrator document … all looks fine.
I am using Illustrator 25.0.1 on MacOS 10.14.6.
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Ton commented
Looks like this works fine in 28.4.1
Linked or Embedded
GPU as well as CPU Preview -
Adam Comstock commented
HOW HAS THIS ISSUE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED???
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NK GRAPHICS commented
26.5です。ですが26.5にバージョンを上げる前から、この現象は起きていました。よろしくお願いいたします。
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PCの詳細とバージョンなどです。
test.pdfをイラストレーターでリンクで配置してもらうと再現できるかと思います。
よろしくお願いいたします。
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面付けなどで透明などを使用しているイラストレーターから書き出したPDFをリンクした際、正しく表示されない。CS5では正しく表示されていたので、スクリーンショット画像を比較していただくとわかります。表示がおかしいだけで、面付けしたものなどをまたPDFに書き出すとPDFでは正しく表示される。x1aのPDFはCCでも正しく表示される。
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Monika Gause
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In CPU preview this is solved as well. Only happens in GPU preview for me.
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See: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/missing-transparency-in-placed-pdfs/m-p/11699887?page=1#M257019
The CMYK PDF placed linked in a CMYK document gives the problem. Embedding solves the problem.
When the CMYK PDF is placed linked in an RGB document there is no problem.
The problem can be repeated in older Illustrator versions. -
Sean
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If I link a CMYK Illustrator PDF with transparency into a CMYK Illustrator document, the transparency doesn't show correctly. I can actually open a CMYK Illustrator PDF, link the same exact PDF into this opened file, and the artwork will look different even though they're the same exact file. See attached screenshot. This has been an annoying bug that's been around forever.
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Sean
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In a CMYK document, if I link a PDF with transparent elements, it doesn't show the transparency of the transparent elements. If I embed the file, the transparent element works and shows. Linking a file with transparent elements in an RGB document seems to work fine.
