Exporting Selections With Transparency

[MQuilitzsch]

Hi,

I've been having trouble figuring out how to export selections from an Illustrator file with a transparent background.

Exporting is now defaulting to a white background.

For texts blocks with enclosed characters (e.g. o, d, q) this is a problem.

I tried to reset the artboard options, but the preference is not there.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks

Matt

[Monika Gause]

Which version, which system?

How exactly are you exporting?

Which file format are you exporting?

Can you show a screenshot? AI file, export dialog, result

[MQuilitzsch]

Hi,

I'm using Adobe Illustrator CC 2017

I select multiple objects (lines, circe, text), right-click, then export those together.

I normally export as a png file for illustrator images.

Normally I've not had a problem with the background.

It has always exported with a transparent background.

I'm not sure how to fix this.

Here are two screenshots

[Doug A Roberts]

what export settings are you using? for example...

[MQuilitzsch]

Hi Douge,

Thanks very much.

The only problem is that when I select items apart from other items on an artboard, I can't seem to find the same export options.

[Doug A Roberts · Accepted solution]

when you select 'export selection', you get the asset export screen, correct? where you set the formats you want to export, there's a drop-down list of presets. to adjust the options for those, click on the little gear symbol:

[MQuilitzsch]

Hi Douge,

Yes, that is it!!

I can't believe I missed that.

Thanks so much!

Matt

[vijayxtreme]

I had this issue too today -- it was so frustrating to find this out, as I spent hours debugging my website and backend thinking the transparency had been lost there.   Adobe, you have to make this option easier to find (not hidden in a tiny wheel)!