Color overlay not exporting to JPG

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
August 6, 2021
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Hey y'all!

I'm running into an issue when exporting illustrator to JPG and PNG. I have an element with a colored overlay, but when exported the image is in grayscale only. My document is set to RGB and I am trying to export to RGB.

Document settings

Export settings (export as)

Image in Illustrator before export

After export JPG

Any help welcome! What am I missing here?

Import and export

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Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Hard to replicate, can you share the problem file (or the part that shows the problem)?

CallMeCAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hi,

I'm new to the adobe community, how do I share a problem file?

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Hi!

Better late than never, here the problem file. Thanks for any pointers!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u-Ir2OVojuB0tqv38ThFWgxUb6gtwa80/view?usp=sharing

To add to the comments given:

Don't use an additional overlay object, just place the bitmap image and choose a color.

Illustrator can color greyscale and bitmap images.

marliton

Community Expert

Hi. Ypu can try rasterizing the image and the effect before export. Image > Rasterize.

Marlon Ceballos

CallMeCAuthor

Participating Frequently

Rasterizing the entire image automatically turns the image black and white again. I tried expanding and rasterising the elements (color layer effect and black and white image underneath) seperatly but no dice, when I export I get a black and white image again.