Placing PNG in Illustrator doesn't have transparent background

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Does anyone know why my PNGs are showing up on Illustrator like this? It shows a white background when it's on an artboard and a gray background when it's off the artboard. No problems when I open the PDF in Acrobat. The transparency is there on PDFs, but it's bugging me because I can't see the background.

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Ton FrederiksCorrect answer

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Looks fine over here. I suspect your graphic card, since CPU preview seems to work for you.

Monika Gause

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Is that in a group?

Then some knockout group stuff could be happening.

But also try and View > Preview on CPU.

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Not in a group. Previewing on CPU helps with the transparency and PNG viewing but would prefer previewing on GPU for overall smoother workflow. Not working with anything super heavy 🙂

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