PNG Background is blue in color- cannot correct

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November 9, 2020
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I created a PNG in illustrator and brought it over to indesign- it is a logo. It shows a blue blackground (even though I exported it as a transparent background). I went online to get suggestions and tried a few. I have tried changing it to a TIF, as well as some other formats. I have also tried creating it in photoshop with no background- it is still there. Any suggestions?

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rob day

Community Expert

This actually gets asked a lot. I thought you were seeing the blue in InDesign, but it’s actually your print driver mis-handling the transparency or color management.

RGB driven composite printers can do this with transparency. Try exporting the InDesign file to a PDF and print from Acrobat. In Acrobat’s Print dialog click Advanced and check Print as Image.

If that doesn’t work set you PDF Export>Output tab to this, and try again with Print as Image:

E ContractorsAuthor

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I will try this, thank you! I really appreciate all of your assistance so much!

BobLevine

Community Expert

I'd agree with Rob on the frame fill, but you're making too much work for yourself.

Just save it as an AI file and accept the default properties for the PDF compatibility. Place that and be sure to show options that will let you choose to use a transparent background.

E ContractorsAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you, I tried this. However, I am still getting a blue tinted background. Instead of exporting the logo, I saved it as an AI. It still has the tinted blue background.

jane-e

Community Expert

"I created a PNG in illustrator and brought it over to indesign"

"I was exporting it out of AI into Id"

We might need to look at how you are bringing it into InDesign, as you haven't said. Are you using File > Place or another method? Can you show a screenshot of the dialog when you choose File > Place with Show Options enabled?

~ Jane

rob day

Community Expert

Any placed or pasted object is contained in a frame—there is the image and its container frame. Initially they are the same size.

If you click on the image with the Direct Selection (white arrow) tool, normally you are selecting the image. If you click with the Selection (black arrow) tool, usually you will select the parent frame. Here I’ve selected the imge and dragged it inside of it container frame:

The image: