What is and what is not considered a transparent object in Illustrator?

Hi guys!

A couple of years ago, I placed a picture hidden above a spot color in InDesign and this brought me some problems. A weird white box appeared between them and I lost my impression. A few days after the incident, I discovered that it is not recommended to place transparent objects above spot.

Well, now in Illustrator, I don't know if I have the same problem if I place a clipping above one mask spot. I used the Flattener Preview to see my transparent objects and my clipping mask was not one of them, but I would like to know for sure: is a clipping mask (with a a tif) considered a transparent object in Illustrator? I have again the horrible white box? I really need to put this over the stain of color clipping mask.

I'm fair to assume that transparent objects in Illustrator:

  1. Mixture of the effects
  2. Shadows, etc.
  3. Mask with LAMINATED clipping objects

?

Adobe has a white paper that explains this better:

http://partners.Adobe.com/public/ASN/en/print_resource_center/TXPGuide.PDF

Yes the 3 elements you mention create transparency.

Explore the window > overview of flattening

Which should prove to be more useful than a long answer.

Is your problem with a test print composite color (e.g.: color laser printer), or printing of separations?

Tags: Illustrator

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