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Assign spot color to bitmap no longer works.

Kuttyjoe
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Aug 16, 2022 Aug 16, 2022

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I can no longer assign a spot color to a bitmap.  Its not working in 26.4.1 and also not working in 25.4.7.  I don't know for sure when this happened because I haven't needed to do this in awhile sot it might have been this way for a long time.

 

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Kuttyjoe
Engaged , Aug 16, 2022 Aug 16, 2022

OK I see the problem now.  When converting to bitmap, it has to be "transparent" in the settings.  White background won't work.  Maybe I just forgot these details but something else seems new to me.  Maybe I was wrong again, but I  thought that if I did a "select all", copied a bitmap (bitmap mode) from Photoshop and pasted it into Illustrator, it would have the white background.  But now, I see that it doesn't.  When I paste it into Illustrator the background is transparent.  Maybe I didn't not

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Kuttyjoe
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May 14, 2024 May 14, 2024

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In Response To Ton Frederiks

This is a little different than this topic but probably related.  With a Mac I remember that I could copy a transparent layer from Photoshop then paste it in Illustrator and it would be transparent.  With Windows, it will paste with white background.

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Sylvain28905090zdls
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May 14, 2024 May 14, 2024

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Thanks everyone but I need to keep the bitmap files (or even .tif or .psd if it is the only way) as an external element imported in my designs to illustrator. When I make some changes in the bitmap files, then it automatically update it in Illustrator and things are easy and secured.

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Ton Frederiks Community Expert
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May 15, 2024 May 15, 2024

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Tif and .psd work, so you can keep them external.

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Posted a bug report on UserVoice, please vote:

https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/48443915-bmp-bi...

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