Erased background color inconsistency

[jenniferb37863988]

As you can see below, the area where I have erased the background does not print in the same color. Here is my process:

Create graphic in Solidworks Composer

Grab graphic with SnagIt

Edit in Photoshop using the background eraser tool and eraser tool

Save

Place into InDesign document

Export to PDF

Print

Oddly, this is how I've always done this process and this is a recent issue. Also, when I print directly from InDesign, this doesn't happen.

Anyone know why this is happening?

[jenniferb37863988]

Anyone???

[Norman Sanders]

The problem seems to distill to the effectiveness of the Eraser tool. Since we cannot see the actual layer involved in your file or your Eraser tool Options bar settings I suggest an alternative approach: a layer mask. It is accurate, infinitely editable and can deliver a crisp edge to an in-focus silhouetted image. Best of all, you have not permanently changed your original image data -- a considerable advantage over an Eraser.

[Joely]

Please DO NOT erase any background, thats distructive – instead try – like norman.sanders​ said – Layer Mask.

Why «Place into InDesign document» if you can print/export directly?

Why «Grab graphic with SnagIt» if export from Solidworks?

Also, could you maybe show screens of your layers/file?

[JonathanArias]

user the eraser tool to remove things is a bad way to subtract things. Reason is that is very destructive way to work. you can't edit things later if you need to add things back, you need to be masking things.

from solid works export a .tiff file so can have a nice high resolution image to work from versus a screenshot from snag it.