I need a transparent background

[ewelinas27579960]

I use a tool star and save from .ai to .png, but I want only a colourful frame and bacground inside not white, but transpatent (I want place a photo into star ) How can I do it?

[Monika Gause]

So you want the photo in that star?

Select the star.

Press Shft+D and again Shift + D to get into Draw Inside mode

File > Place the photo

To get out of Draw inside, double click on an empty space

[Ray Yorkshire]

Other interptations of what you may  require,

Draw the star , with a stroke  and no fill

Increae the stroke width

Object >  Path  > Outline Stroke

place above photo

Select both photo and star

Object > Clipping Mask > Make

Then export as transparent png

Or

if you just want  a pattern in frame , as you have ,

File > Export > Export As ( type png) > Export

[ewelinas27579960]

Thank you very much for your answers. I want copy only a frame and then place in InDesign. Durning export as a .png there is problem, backround around star is transparent, but inside is white. I have polish version Background_Color = Kolor tła, Transparent = Przezroczyste. Settings are the same.

P.S When I place a photo inside a star there is very big photo, can I fit size a photo to star? (keyboard shortcut or only by hand?)

Thank you very much for yours help. I am learning Adobe Illustrator and still I don't know not many.

[Monika Gause]

Don't eport as a PNG for InDesign.

Just save as AI with PDF compatibility and then place the AI in InDesign.

You will need to show us how exactly you built your star. Probably there is a white object that you need to delete, but probably you will need to set the fill of an object to "None".

Please read about the layers panel in the documentation. How to use layers in Illustrator

Please read about how to assign fills and strokes. How to paint with fills and strokes in Illustrator

[Omar.Fathy]

you need to save the white inside the star and Not to save the white in the background ?! but Illustrator didn't save any whites ?

if so it is so easy!
duplicate your star making one in white color and the other one above with your floral pattern and export it as PNG.

[Monika Gause]

Omar.Fathy  schrieb

and export it as PNG.

But not for InDesign.

[Omar.Fathy]

Monika Gause​

ya for InDesign he can copy and past from illustrator to indesign, Saving it as PDF or Ai and use the (Show import option) command.