Indesign CC 2019: Transparent objects showing lines

[dylankalinas46562149]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem or knows of any possible trouble shooting ideas.

When I create an object and fill it with a color, then adjust the transparency of the object horizontal lines appear. The lines will change as I move the object or overlay it with another transparent object.

These lines do not appear when I export the composition.

I am using Windows 10. I have updated the computer and the graphics drivers.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the program with it's default settings.

See below for examples:

[adailey74]

I'm having this exact same problem.  Has anyone found any fixes for it?

[keela]

I'm having the same issue!!!!

[fatimae49596515]

Open Preferences >> UI Scaling either uncheck the Option  "For High-PPI Displays, scale the the user interface" or choose 

Scale to lower Supported scale factor. then restart indesign.

[Olivia5D87]

I was experiencing the same issue as OP. This fix worked for me! Thank you.

[theICEofNINE]

Happy to help! 

[theICEofNINE]

Ok! I was having this issue too. New HP 24" 4K monitor on Windows 10, showing the horizontal lines whenever I reduced opacity on an element within InDesign.

I got on chat with Adobe tech support, and after more than an hour, the technician found a solution! Here it is:

Close down InDesign. Navigate to where the InDesign.exe file is on your computer. Mine was a standard install, so it was located in "This PC -> (C:) -> Program Files -> Adobe -> Adobe InDesign 2020"

Right click on the "InDesign.exe" file and select "Properties" at the bottom of the list. Then click on "Change settings for all users". Then click on "Change high DPI settings". Then make sure "Override high DPI scaling behavior." is checked. And change "Scaling performed by" to "System" in the drop down menu.

Then I think we restarted InDesign, or did we restart thte whole computer? I don't remember, but the issue was GONE! So happy with the result. So I had to share.

[DangHarris]

I LOVE you!!!! This has been plaguing me since I upgraded my computer!!!

[theICEofNINE]

It's so satisfying when you find the solution to really obscure questions like this. I'm glad you found it too! Happy designing friend.

[DangHarris]

Much appreciated! And I know exactly what you mean haha! I'm seeing a downside in that the display is not as crisp now (big chunky guides and outlines, and UI text is affected negatively, kind of blurry) -- did that happen for you as well? It's possible I'll just have to weigh which thing I am more bothered by.

[theICEofNINE]

I don't remember experiencing that on my display... I don't use InDesign much. Just for the occassional project that needs it. But in any case, if there was a blurring etc, it wasn't enough for me to register it.

[DangHarris]

Thanks, I appreciate it

[Ibrahim Halil28385745jevf]

This worked for me, too. Thank you!