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Liz_P8
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April 4, 2022
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Export SVG changing some objects black

  • April 4, 2022
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Hello,

 

I recently started having this issue that when I export a design as an SVG, some of the objects are losing their opacity setting, blends are not working, and some white objects seem to just be changing colour to black.

 

It seems to be caused by a recent update because the issue just started, and I have tried exporting a design that I previously exported without issue, and it is happening there too.

 

Here are some pics.

 

The design in Illustrator (downloaded from Shutterstock):

Recent export as SVG:

more examples:

 

I have made edits to the design (swapping people in the design), but as you can see from the people who were unchanged, the issue is not even on the same objects every time, even though I have made no changes at all to those characters. All I have done is pasted in new people from other designs.

 

This particular EPS file exported as SVG just fine on February 4th, and this is not only happening to this design - any design I try to export as SVG is having this issue.

 

Is anyone else having this problem or know what the fix might be? Is it a compatibility issue due to a recent update? Will there be a fix?

    Correct answer Liz_P8

    EDIT: The newest update seems to have resolved this. Thanks for your suggestion!

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    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 4, 2022

    You could try if resettin the preferences helps. This will erase all your settings, so you might want to rename the preferences folder since that can be reverted if it doesn't help.

     

    https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/setting-preferences.html

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      Liz_P8Author
      Participant
      April 11, 2022

      Gave that a shot, but issue remains.

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      E_Inkster
      Known Participant
      October 23, 2022

      Hi @E_Inkster,

       

      We are sorry for the trouble and delayed response. Would you mind updating to Illsuatrtor 2023 and seeing if that helps?

      If it doesn't, would you mind sharing the Ai & SVG file with us here or via DM? We'll check it on our end.

       

      Kindly update the discussion if you still need assistance with it. We'd be happy to help.

       

      Thanks & Regards,
      Anshul Saini


      I have not upgraded to latest version of Illustrator because I'm experiencing another problem with exporting to SVG, where embedded files are not exporting correcting when I export to dropbox. When I export to my local HD drive it works fine. attached are the .ai(pdf)and.svg files for the issue you initially responded to. (duplicated vector items)

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