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August 12, 2026
Question

White box appears around transparent artwork in Illustrator GPU Preview

  • 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?

    4 replies

    Participant
    August 12, 2026

    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
    Community Expert
    August 12, 2026

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

    Participant
    August 12, 2026

    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
    Community Expert
    August 12, 2026

    @social_cause6ab1 Can you share an example file?