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September 30, 2019
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How to find transparent object?

  • September 30, 2019
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Hi,

 

When I want to export my document in PDF, a warning box tells me I have transparent objects and it will affect my export. But impossible to find them. Is there a way to find all transparent objects in Indesign?

 

thank you,

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Participant
June 29, 2022

Sorry. I am missing something here. Please tell me where I find 'panel options'....

 

Thanks, M

Participant
January 5, 2021

Had this same problem.

File > Package > Summary > Non Opaque Objects: On PageX, X, X

 

I couldn't see any problem with the images in InDesign, but when I opened them in Photoshop, there was a single pixel width line of transparency down the edge. Just had to crop that out and update the images in InDesign.

Participant
June 2, 2021

Also had the "non-opaque objects" issue. Two pages had a PSD where the image was on Layer 0 with no background. I flattened the image and updated InDesign, and the non-opaque objects notice changed to 0 in the 'Package' menu.

rob day
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 30, 2019

As others have noted, you will get the warning if there is transparency on the page and the document’s Transparency Blend Space conflicts with the Destination set in the Export>Output tab—for example the Transparency Blend Space is set to RGB and you export to the PDF/X-1a preset, which always has a CMYK destination.

 

You can use the Flattener Preview panel to highlight transparent objects. Here the green frame is set to Multiply, so it gets highlighted as red:

 

 

 

Legend
September 30, 2019

The box isn't warning you that you have transparent objects, but something quite specific. Two spaces don't match. What are they set to? If you don't know how to find either one, let us know so you can sort this out.

Luke Jennings
Inspiring
September 30, 2019

Go to Edit> Transparency Blend Space> CMYK.

Edit, you can show which InDesign pages have transparency by selecting panel options> Show Transparency in the Pages Panel.

You can also use the Find tool to search for specific transparency effects.

In Acrobat, you can use Output Preview> Page has transparency (will say yes or no).

 

 

Derek Cross
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 30, 2019

Does it appear when you produce a PDF by selecting the InDesign Adobe PDF Preset, PDF/X-4?