Rasterized pattern turns white in PDF. Why?

[chia80]

Hi

When I have made a complex pattern in illustrator, then because of the size, I have tried to rasterized it before saving as PDF. But when I open the PDF fil, the pattern turns white.

Can anybody tell me why, and what I can do?

[Ton Frederiks]

Do you still have a version before you rasterized the pattern?

Does that work well when saved as PDF?

What application do you use to view the PDF?

[chia80]

Yes, it looks well if I dont rasterize it, but than too big a file.

[Ton Frederiks]

The quality is always better with vector content. How big is too big?