Opacity changes randomly?

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
February 21, 2024
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I ran into a strange issue recently, that the opacity of different elements in a file change in a seemingly randow order. I have this file with a couple of process illustrations, mainly arrows and boxes with text, and all is working fine and I close the document. The next time I open it things have unexpectedly changed, so that objects that were fully visible suddenly have opcacity 32%. It is aslo haphazardly happening with objects within groups, so some parts of the group can have full opacity and some are 32%.

I have gone in and manually adjusted them back to 100% and continued working, but then the same thing happened when I closed and reopened the file again later.

One of the first things I tested then was to copy the relevant parts of the illustrations to a new document in case the old was corrupt in any way, but the same problem happened again in the new document.

I have never seen this problem before in the 20+ years I have been using Illustrator, so if someone knows what is happening and how to avoid it I would be grateful.

terngz

Known Participant

I have the same problem in 2025 (29.6)

Opacity randomly change to 20% when i reopen the file

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sarahw22195872

Participant

I am having the same issue - did you find any solution?

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Jörgen_WestinAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hej Sarah,

I don't think anyone found a solution?
I haven't looked into it anymore since I haven't had any similar problem in other files (yet...)

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @sarahw22195872, @Jörgen_Westin,

Could you try working on files from your local hard drive (if you are using a removable/network drive or a cloud-synced folder like Google Drive, etc.) to see if it helps with this problem?

Also, please share a sample file after uploading it to a file-sharing service, so I can check it with the team.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @Jörgen_Westin,

We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind sharing some more details, like the exact version of the OS/Illustrator, the location where you have saved your files (internal/external/network drive or cloud-synced folder like google drive/dropbox/etc.), a sample file (https://adobe.ly/3wpFguq), and a screen recording of the problem (https://adobe.ly/42UweBR), so we can investigate this further?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav