Image was not actually transparent :(

[jonathanm75752640]

https://stock.adobe.com/images/light-effect-with-lots-of-shiny-highlights-shining-on-transparent-bac...

I just licensed the above image, and it's literally just a photo of sparkles, laid over the checkerboard background with an opactiy shift. It's not an actual vector, eps or transparent PNG as promised in the title, it's 100% unusable, and should be removed from adobe stock before someone else wastes their credit on this. 

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

As all assets of this type, it features complex vector graphics that work only if been put in action against a background. The asset is working as advertised. It's a real vector asset.

As you have access to the latest version of Illustrator, you should have no problem to use this asset after switching off or deleting the chequerboard layer.