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May 15, 2021 12:48 AM UTC
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Unable to remove checkered background from Adobe Stock png

I've licensed an Adobe Stock vector (File# 399343242), but thus far, I am unable to remove the black checkered background in Photoshop or Illustrator. Is this file faulty somehow or am I missing something? Any help would be appreciated!

Nils-PetterCorrect answer
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Oct 27, 2023 3:37 PM UTC

So adobe forces everybody to pay for illustrator just to use stock images they have already bought 😞 I am getting fed up with this company. Will switch to Affinity at first crossroad

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meh67
meh67
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Aug 19, 2026 6:55 PM UTC

Im having the same issue. Im downloading the .AI file of a sunrise. Its says it has a transparent background, but it doesnt. When I open the AI file, I can select the checkerboard and delete it, but the sunrays then have the black and grey of the checkerboard still in them. Which makes this download useless and not a true transparent background. The only way I can see to use this is if I want a black and grey checkered background… which of course, I dont. There has to be a trick I am missing?

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Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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May 16, 2021 8:53 AM UTC

You need to download the vector file and this file needs to be edited in Illustrator. As I haven't looked precisely into this asset, assets like this have an object or preferably a layer that can be switched off to disable the background. Unfortunately, some of those assets have the background object buried deep in their structure instead of clearly putting it on a layer named appropriately.

 

The background object only simulates the appearance of the transparency representation in Photoshop but is in real a fully opaque object. The creators do so because without a background, such "star" images look weird because of their complex handling of the transparency.

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ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    Nils-PetterCorrect answer
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    Oct 27, 2023 3:37 PM UTC

    So adobe forces everybody to pay for illustrator just to use stock images they have already bought 😞 I am getting fed up with this company. Will switch to Affinity at first crossroad

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      May 15, 2021 12:04 PM UTC

      There are no PNG files in Adobe Stock! If there were, you could easily have a transparent background. 

      This one is offered as either AI/EPS or JPEG. Which one did you download?

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