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Fendy Nuus
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August 10, 2023
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Drawing disappearing

  • August 10, 2023
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Hello
I don't know of someone else has it the whole time aswell
but does someone know how to fix the problem where my drawings disappear as soon as i change my background to black by document settings

Like the drawing is still there but u can only see the outline when u select the drawing
Its so far only on my PC
on my laptop i have no problems at all, but on my PC the drawings keep disappearing after changing the background color through document settings

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Printing on black paper with transparent inks would probably make artwork invisible.

If you want a black background, you can create a bottom layer with a black filled rectangle.

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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August 10, 2023

Printing on black paper with transparent inks would probably make artwork invisible.

If you want a black background, you can create a bottom layer with a black filled rectangle.

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Fendy NuusAuthor
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August 10, 2023

Ah alright, thank you
that makes fully sense for me
I already used that with the rectangle as a alternative, but because on laptop it was easier with the setting change, i thought it would have been possible for pc aswell, so thats why i just was asking to be sure

Thank you again!

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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August 10, 2023

Good to hear that helped.

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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August 10, 2023

You are trying to simulate black paper. Did you turn on Overprint Preview?

Illustrator documents do not have a background color (check View > Show Transparency Grid).

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Fendy NuusAuthor
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August 10, 2023

I turned on Overprint Preview
and i also just checked out the transparency grid where it luckily still appears
but its still disappearing behind the black paper when i remove the transparency grid

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Fendy NuusAuthor
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August 10, 2023

and on my laptop it doesnt have overprint preview enabled i just noticed, but with that my laptop has no problems at all

 

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