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Im currently creating a design and have found that a transparent background png that Im using appears very differently in Indesign compared to Illustrator..
I started creating in Illustrator, but then decided to start from scratch in Indesign...
However the image once placed, in Indesign appears to have shadows, where as when placed in Illustrator, there are no shadows.
There are no fx selected - im using the same file in both programs but the difference is very noticable..
Can anyone assist in fixing this or explaining why the same file appears so differently in the 2 programs, pretty please??
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You created the file in Illustrator? Why do you use PNG at all?
PNG has no colormanagement and only alpha transparency. If you want to go to print, avoid PNG.
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Hi @Mammashalis , does it happen if you turn on InDesign’s Overprint Preview? Can you share the PNG? You should be able to attach it to a reply.
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I’m guessing the issue is with how the image transparency is interacting with the InDesign page and/or any objects behind and the preview setting—this would happen with any format containing transparency. Here the white glow is a transparent gradient (not flattened white pixels), and you can see the appearance changes depending on whether the empty page, or a white filled object is behind:
If I turn on Overprint Preview the RGB image previews as it will appear when the page is flattened and converted to CMYK (e,g, an Export to the PDF/X1-a preset). On the conversion to CMYK the transition to black depends on the document’s CMYK profile assignment:
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PNG has no colormanagement and only alpha transparency
Hi @Willi Adelberger , That used to be the case, but starting with CC2015 InDesign will use a PNG’s embedded profile:
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But the problem with limitted transparency support, compared to AI/PDF is still a fact.
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@Mammashalis’s file is an image, and 24-bit PNGs have full transparency support. Saving a 24-bit transparent PNG as a PSD produces the same result: