Image with opaque background does not place correctly

THis problem is described here:

https://creativepro.com/eliminating-ydb-yucky-discolored-box-syndrome/

To create a clipping path in photoshop select the objedt by clicking on the image with holding the command key and save that pat and as clipping path.

Stop using EPS in modern times. It is an outdated filetype. Use from Photoshop PSD, or PDF.

Hi @Ananya0 , Check the actual transparency level with Photoshop’s Info panel set to Opacity. You can’t rely only on the transparency grid—here the grid is showing, but the Opacity level is 4%, which shows in InDesign:

At the very least, the baxkground and blend space models should agree.

That's not opaque, it's transparent and my guess is the same as Peter's. You have a mismatch and I'm going to go out on a limb that you've used a spot color for the background. This article is almost 20 years old but covers this: Eliminating YDB (Yucky Discolored Box) Syndrome | CreativePro Network

I wonder if the background, the .tif and the transparency blend space all agree? Looks like there's a mismatch in there someplace.

Not really a helpful response, but I stopped trusting TIFF as a transparent image format about 15-20 years ago for exactly this sort of reason. Either the background is not absolutely clear, or it's some eccentricity of transparency in TIFF. Also used to lose chunks of image around the transparent edges, but that was outputting to an imagesetter via a hopelessly outdated and underpowered RIP.

I used to spend hours at a time making clipping paths and saving as EPS. These days, PSD is my preferred format, just for the sake of saving time and effort.