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CreativeCredent
CreativeCredent
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July 22, 2018
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Why dose preview in adobe xd cause my design to look darker than I designed

  • July 22, 2018
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I updated to the latest Adobe XD and now when I go to preview  my website with the desktop application my website is way darker than it should be. I have windows up to date and my GPU drivers are up to date.

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    Correct answer Dan Rodney

    You have turned off the Fill color of the artboard (so it's transparent). Preview mode has a dark background which is different than the canvas color of XD, thus the change. I suggest turning the artboard's Fill color back on (check the checkbox next to fill) and setting a specific color.

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    HighLow
    Participating Frequently
    November 5, 2021

    Hi all not sure if this is the same issue. When I am in presentation mode when I create a link to share. The background is too light. I want to slightly darken it so my artboards pop out more. 

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      tanya5FD8
      Participant
      March 31, 2021

      Select background color of the artboard and set the corresponding alpha value to 100%. The background is visible in preview after that.

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      Mona5C60
      Participant
      August 19, 2020

      I DIDNT WORK FOR ME

       

      Rishabh_Tiwari
      Community Manager
      Rishabh_TiwariCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      August 19, 2020

      Hi Mona,

       

      Sorry to hear about the trouble. If you have already tried the suggestion which is marked as the correct answer on this post, please check the transparency, as suggested above it should be 0, and then check again. If this doesn't help, please share the version of XD and OS and few screenshots of how it looks on the app and how it loos when you preview?

       

      Regards

      Rishabh

      Dan Rodney
      Community Expert
      Dan RodneyCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      August 15, 2018

      You have turned off the Fill color of the artboard (so it's transparent). Preview mode has a dark background which is different than the canvas color of XD, thus the change. I suggest turning the artboard's Fill color back on (check the checkbox next to fill) and setting a specific color.

      — Adobe Certified Expert & Instructor at Noble Desktop | Web Developer, Designer, InDesign Scriptor
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        andrewk36908001
        Participant
        August 15, 2018

        Thank you for this. My fill was selected on my artboards, but I had it set to 75% transparency. I changed the fill back to 0 transparency and just replicated the color.

        Thanks.

        Preran
        Community Manager
        PreranCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        July 23, 2018

        Hi CreativeCredent,

        I haven't heard of this issue so far. Are you sure that the colors worked as expected when you used the previous version of Adobe XD. Meanwhile, let me check with the team.

        Also, would it be possible to share screenshots so that we can see the difference?

        Thanks,

        Preran

        CreativeCredent
        CreativeCredentAuthor
        Participant
        July 23, 2018

        Yea it had looked fine before, then I updated adobe xd to the latest and now it looks way darker.  

        Preran
        Community Manager
        PreranCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        July 24, 2018

        That's very strange.  Did you perchance happen to change the resolution settings on your monitor? I haven't heard of this issue from other users. You can also get in touch with Customer Care for investigation Contact Customer Care They can investigate and log a bug if necessary.

        Thanks,

        Preran

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