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Inspiring
Jan 18, 2026 10:51 AM UTC
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exporting with a transparancy!?

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why is this exorting with a transparancy (pic 1) if in the doc (pic 2) it doesn't have any of it!?

 

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rob day
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Jan 18, 2026 1:12 PM UTC

Also, check if the Swatches Color Type is set to Spot. A Process color that uses all 4 CMYK inks like yours wouldn’t be affected by the Overprint Fill attribute. Here the top color is Spot, bottom is Process:

 

 

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BobLevine
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Jan 18, 2026 12:12 PM UTC

Looks like overprint, not transparency.

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Jan 18, 2026 10:54 AM UTC

Check your indesign file in Overprint Preview mode - that will show the transparency in InDesign. Go to View>Overprint Preview

 

And then open  your Effects panel - my guess is it's set to Multiply.

 

And if it's grouped it might not show any effects or transparency, if you ungroup it and select them individually - in short groups can have effects separate to individual parts of groups - not sure if that's the case here it's just FYI. 

 

 

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