I've been trying to just deal with the change since google searches have turned up nothing useful, and I don't even know what I did in the first place to cause the change (I wouldn't put it past myself to fat-finger a shortcut without realizing it) I know it's only a few clicks, only a few seconds, but a) it adds up when I'm dealing with icon sets of 30+, and b) it's just really vexing to have to suddenly and without warning need to change my workflow. I can export for web without an extra step, easy! Now I need to take the time to first of all save over the wrong image when I save for web because I fall into careless habit-scripts, then back up, change tools, select the artboard tool, select the right artboard, and then save for web again (twice, usually, to re-save the first one I saved over). Just start working in a new artboard, and it's switched. To make the artboard transparent in Illustrator, go to View > Show Transparency Grid. Up until probably 3 weeks ago, I've been able to very easily switch the active artboard in Illustrator without needing to switch to the artboard tool. I don't consider myself a novice by any stretch, but this is driving me NUTS.
Create transparent artboard illustrator windows#
Either create a new Artboard and select Transparent under the Background Contents menu or, if you have an existing artboard, simply select it in the layers panel, open up the properties windows and change the background with the Artboard background color. Use the drawing tools to draw a mask shape. You can enable Photoshop like transparency grid by choosing View Show transparency grid ( ctrl / cmd + shift + D ). A block of white is different from the white background.
An empty mask is created and Illustrator automatically enters mask-editing mode. It is just emulating paper so you can not see it. Double-click directly to the right of the thumbnail in the Transparency panel. I've been using Illustrator CS6 for months and previous versions for years. As of Photoshop CC 2015.5 you can now have artboards with transparent backgrounds. Open the Transparency panel and, if necessary, choose Show Options from the panel menu to see the thumbnail images.
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