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Sabrina Sch.
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October 17, 2020
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white background in .ai file

  • October 17, 2020
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Hi guys,

 

I've uploaded a file to my dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/f492l2ov86z5lwd/maxl.ai?dl=0

Attaching it here didn't work, unfortunately...

 

The figure actually looks vectorized, but as soon as I take away the white background, edges loose their smoothness. There is some layer or anything in dark pink somewhere in the background which would only disappear with the white background. I can't find it though, already ripped the damn thing in pieces.

 

If I keep the white background, I can't use the figure on any background that's not white. I would need that thing cropped, obviously.

 

Lastly, I cannot take the figure solely and vectorize as I would lose gradients then.

 

I'm losing my mind. Could anyone help, please?

 

Cheers!

Sabrina

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks
So, would you guys not see any problem? Can I remove the background and it still should appear vectorized and cleaned, right?

It is a display artifact. Just be careful and choose Art Optimized anti aliasing  when exporting as an image or when rasterizing the content.

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Anna Lander
Anna Lander
Inspiring
October 17, 2020

looks totally clear, smooth and nice.
for the best path appearance, I would delete some unnecessary points on the "shoulder"

but it does not affect the whole image's quality.
I think, Ton is right, it's just something with display performance.

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 17, 2020

Looks good to me. Maybe a preview problem?

Try switching to CPU Preview (Ctrl E or Cmd E)

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Sabrina Sch.Author
Participant
October 17, 2020
I've converted to png without background and one can clearly see the edges. Printed it, same thing. So, there must be something with that background.
Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 17, 2020

I can see what you mean.

It is caused by anti aliasing.

Changing the PNG export anti aliasing settings to Art Optimized  (instead of Type Optimized) will improve it.

Turning off Anti-aliased Artwork in the Preferences and viewing with CPU Preview will also get rid of it.

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