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Why does exporting SVGs change the transparency layer(s) to Normal?

  • April 2, 2019
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I export artboards as SVGs and my Screens and Multiplies are being changed to Normal.

Any idea why??

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    解決に役立った回答 Ton Frederiks

    23.0.3 on MacOS. Maybe a bug idk. Nothing solves this problem, works fine with every other format except SVG.

    I opened the SVG in Firefox and the layers are all right. Lol? So... SVGs are being misread by my programs and not being altered in the export.


    NikkiK87  wrote

    23.0.3 on MacOS. Maybe a bug idk. Nothing solves this problem, works fine with every other format except SVG.

    I opened the SVG in Firefox and the layers are all right. Lol? So... SVGs are being misread by my programs and not being altered in the export.

    I use 23.03 also on MacOS. Export for screens. In the code I see: mix-blend-mode:lighten, mix-blend-mode:darken, multiply and screen and it seems to work in the main browsers.

    What does not work is when I open the exported SVG in Illustrator, the blend modes are gone.

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    Ton Frederiks
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    April 2, 2019

    SVG supports Multiply, Screen, Darken and Lighten.

    Try Export for Screens instead of Save as.

    NikkiK87作成者
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    April 2, 2019

    Export for Screens, Save As, Export Selection etc... All alter my Screen and Multiply -- changing them to 'Normal'. No matter which program I use to see the SVG outside of Illustrator, the results are the same -- Screen and Multiply changed to 'Normal'.

    Ton Frederiks
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    April 2, 2019

    Which Illustrator version are you using?

    Export for screens works in 23.0.2

    John Mensinger
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    April 2, 2019

    Yes, SVG doesn't support Illustrator's blend modes. It's intended as a deployment format. For re-editing, you should be saving in .ai format.