Removing the transparent checkerboard pattern from a vector image.

[Dravecky Tina]

Removing the transparent checkerboard pattern from a purchased stock image. Ideally it should be a layer, although it has hundreds of checkerboard layers and I tried to delete them without success. The image is a snow globe and I want to place another image behind the snow globe with flares as if they were in the snow globe. I purchased from Shutterstock and they just said they will credit the image cost, which does not fix this issue.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Dravecky+Tina  schrieb

I am using CS5. When downloading from Shutterstock it automatically downloads a PDF. I will try changing it to EPS and see what happens.

That won't help you.

When opening that PDF do you get any warning messages?

[Dravecky Tina]

Oh gosh Monika, it was the EPS vs PDF download conversion. What a headache this has cause, I am so thankful to everyone assisting.

When i re-downloaded from Shutterstock, and this time I did not allow it to auto download to a PDF. It works now with the background in its single layer. Couldn't believe Shutterstock does not know this!

THANK EVERYONE AGAIN AND AGAIN!

[Monika Gause]

So your browser did this?

Oh wow. Shutterstock should indeed include that in their FAQ.

[Ar_Vue]

Wow! No wonder you weren't able to use the method I mentioned. The PDF file is poop! Glad you're able to get the EPS file to work for you.