Changing to transparency

[pslane1]

I created an  image/object in PSCC 2017.  It was on a transparent background.  I copied it and pasted it into  Illustrator CC 2017.  Now it  has  a white background.  How do I get my transparency back in Illustrator?

Thanks.

[Test Screen Name]

Don't use Copy/Paste. Use PLACE.

[Kurt Gold]

Test Name, shouldn't copy/paste or drag/drop retain transparency and even alpha transparency in the latest versions of Illustrator/Photoshop?

In older versions it doesn't work, so one had to place a .psd file, for example. Nowadays that shouldn't be necessary anymore.

coldwetnozz, about what kind of object are you talking and how do you copy and paste?

[meganchi · Accepted solution]

Don't flatten Photoshop file, save layered. Then, within Adobe Illustrator, Select "File", then "Place". Navigate to your saved Photoshop file and select it.

[anupant]

Hi coldwetnozz

If the image is placed in illustrator it should  have transparency copied over  please make sure what is the format, it should work fine if it is .png

[pslane1]

Okay it does work if I do it that way.  Copy and save png, then "Place" into Illustrator.  But it seems like a lot of trouble.  Easier to just keep the whole art work in PS.  And, yes, I was trying to transfer it as part of a layer.  Seems you can't do that.

Thanks to all!