White box appears around transparent artwork in Illustrator GPU Preview

Forum|Forum|22 days ago
August 12, 2026
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Hi everyone,

I’m working on a vector design in Illustrator and noticed a strange issue with GPU Preview.

Some artwork that uses transparency and a clipping mask shows a white box around it while I’m editing. The box disappears when I switch to CPU Preview, so it seems to be related to GPU rendering.

I’m using the latest Illustrator version and have already tried reopening the file, but the issue still happens.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a setting or workaround that can fix the GPU Preview without having to switch to CPU Preview?

Harshika Verma

Community Manager

Hi social_cause6ab1,

We would like to follow up on your issue. Were you able to resolve the issue by updating the drivers? Please feel free to update the discussion if you need further assistance from us.

We would be happy to help.

Thanks,

Harshika

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

GPU Preview has a history of poor rendering for many users even with updated drivers. Hopefully, updating your driver will work for you.

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social_cause6ab1Author

Participant

Thanks, I’ll try updating the graphics driver first. I’m on Windowsso that might actually be the cause. I’ll check if the issue is still there after the update

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

If you are on Windows, you could try to update the driver for your graphics card.

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social_cause6ab1Author

Participant

Thanks, I’ll try updating the graphics driver first. I’m on Windowsso that might actually be the cause. I’ll check if the issue is still there after the update😀

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

@social_cause6ab1 Can you share an example file?

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