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lsb4uebay
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October 29, 2009
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Remove (White) Background in Illustrator?

  • October 29, 2009
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Hi Illustrators,

  I managed to create the Illustrator image I want & now need to take this image & use it in another application.  However, regardless of which way I attempt to export - jpg, tif or png, I'm still getting the (white artboard) background, which I do not want.  I attempted to create another box & blend the background to the background of the other application that I am using, but it's still apparent.

  Also, with some conversion, my image became distorted or changed the image colors a little bit.

What's the process to remove unwanted backgrounds from Illustrator images?  Here's some samples.

Thanks

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    Correct answer PrepressPro1

    Hi Jesseham,

         I do not see the options for "save for web" or to check transparency in the Save AS or Export options. Where are these options?

    Thanks


    Here is the PNG with transparency using the Save for Web & Devices…

    I had to change the internal B&W grads of the object because transparency was used to make the grads which will cause the background to show through the grads when you place these in your Web Program. You will need to redo the Gradations to replace the transparency with White.

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    misscharleee
    Participant
    April 23, 2015

    Illustrator Tip: How to Remove White Background in Live Trace | dezign Musings I sort of used this tutorial but I am using Illustrator CC and the steps are a little different

    but you have to fin the image trace panel,  then click Advanced and make sure the ignore white box is checked. Then Viola! transparent background.

      toshk10005830
      toshk10005830
      Participant
      May 18, 2018

      Hi there what are the steps to remove in CC? having trouble getting the image trace panel to work, its greyed out

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 18, 2018

        schrieb

      Hi there what are the steps to remove in CC? having trouble getting the image trace panel to work, its greyed out

      Please show us a screenshot of your template in the layers panel.

      Most probably it's inside a clipping mask.

      PrepressPro1
      PrepressPro1
      Legend
      October 29, 2009

      .png is supposed to support transparency. Can you post your illustrator file? Use the Attach Files at the bottom of the forum text window. What program are you placing this graphic into? What is the color mode of the illustrator file when created?

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      lsb4uebayAuthor
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      October 29, 2009

      Hi,

        I attached 3 files for review.

      • The 'Gas Turbine_jpg_w_Background.ai' file has a large gray back ground which blends nicely to the JLooxMaker background, however image is not at desired size because of background boarder & image also is not as clear as desired

      • The 'Gas Turbine_jpg_w_Background_Resized.ai' file has the desired image size - 111x 75 & desired background that blends in with JLooxMaker background, but shows boarder edge, which is not wanted.  Also, image gets distorted, but it's not to bad

           Both 'jpg' images became brighter during conversion then the original image & we have a color scheme that we are trying to follow.

      • The 'png' kept the same color scheme & the image is little cleaner then the 'jpg's', but for whatever reasons, changed the shading of the background during conversion that clearly shows & does not match JLooxMaker background

           JLooxMaker is a GUI interface that needs to be used in another application that will put tags or links into it.  Kind of a confusing process, but what we are trying to capture is "clean" Illustrator images that can be converted to JLooxMaker images.

        I also attached a picture to visulize the differences.

      Hope this helps.

      PrepressPro1
      PrepressPro1
      Legend
      October 29, 2009

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