Clipping masks not working with images with opacity masks

Forum|Forum|7 months ago
September 10, 2025
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Hi guys,
Another bug in AI 2025 29.7.1 that wasn't in more stable versions like Illustrator 2020. Now, you can't place an image with an opacity mask within a clipping mask, without the outer corners of the clipping mask showing as white when placed on top of another object. It doesn't matter what shape the clipping mask is – it will turn it into a object with square corners with the excess being all white. Very annoying bug and very hard to work around when doing signage design etc., for client designs. You can see in the video, the image works fine within the clipping mask if there's no opacity mask on the image.
Please fix this ASAP!
Many thanks!

Screen_Recording_2025-09-10_at_3-17-56_PM.zip

Bug

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

I cannot replicate it in 29.8.1, but I have seen examples of this that disappear when CPU Preview is used,

Can you check that: Cmd or Ctrl E to switch Preview.

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creed.nzAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Ton, on a Mac, I can't update graphics card drivers as they are part of the OSX. I have done the same thing however on the same computer, same graphics card, on Illustrator 2020, and no issues even without the GPU Preview – so this shows me Illustrator is causing the bug, not the graphics card. See video attached. To me this therefore appears to be a bug.

Screen_Recording_2025-09-11_at_7-53-16_PM.zip