opacity on some objects after re-opening a file without having used opacity in the file before

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September 24, 2025
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I have a problem with the opacity tool. I do not use opacity in my files but after saving and exporting the file as jpg then closing the file and re-opening it suddenly some objects (pictures, text, grouped objects) randomly have opacity on it in random amounts. I have to set the opacity for every object separately to 100% again which is really annoying and time consuming. I have no idea why this happens. It can not be a shortcut which I press accidentally because I did not select the random objects before. And I do not know if I can reset the opacity for the whole file.

Does anyone have the same problem? or does someone know how to avoid it? or know an easier way to reset the opacity of random objects and grouped objects?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Opacity can be set at the level of

- stroke/fill

- object

-group

-layer

You can use the Appearance panel to check it. Window > Appearance

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L_2192Author

Participant

Thank you for your help! I already checked all of these and set everything to 100%. But when I re-open the file it is again with opacity set to 50%. This happens everytime I close the file and open it again. So I have to reset it everytime I open the file. I can not find opacity in the file properties. So I don't know why this happens everytime.

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @L_2192,

I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you're experiencing. Could you please check if this issue occurs with specific Illustrator files? If so, try copying the layers or objects from the affected file(s) into a new document to see if that resolves the problem.
If the issue persists, kindly confirm your operating system and Illustrator version. Additionally, sharing a brief screen recording of your workflow and the issue would help us assist you more effectively.

Looking forward to your response.
Anubhav

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