Transparent TIF and png show frame when imported in indesign

Question

Hello,

When I import a picture in Adobe Indesign with a transparent background the transparent part is slightly darker ergo I get a visible frame on coloured background. It’s only visible when I print the page. On screen everything works as it s supposed to..

I saved it as png or tif. One was imported from photoshop, one from illustrator. I am using cymk in all 3 programs and I am running out of ideas. The transparent part is 💯 transparent. The underneath layers are all disabled while saving ...

any my idea what the issue might be??

Thank you ever so much for your advice !!!

Eugene Tyson · Answer

The frame has to be in the image - typically you think you've made it completely transparent but it only looks that way to the eye.

Try in Photoshop to add a Levels layer to your image and enhance the colours to see where the failure in the transparencies are

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/levels-adjustment.html

Once you can see these areas clearly, you can remove them in the original layer - then delete your Levels layer and resave your tif.

See if that fixes your issue.

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