I’ve exported a frame as a PDF and tried to open in illustrator. I wanted to avoid redesigning in illustrator as i need to set up for heavy animation in After Effects.
When i open the PDF in illustrator, all of the images and colours are missing. Everything is outlined and empty. Is this a bug?
Are there any workarounds to this? Why are the PDFs exporting in this way? PDF is a universal format so youd assume the images and colour info would be embedded in the PDF. I’ve tested it across several files and all have the same result. Screenshot attached.
@Asgeir_Frimannsson How to rectify this issue?
I have contents clip masked in Figma, the clip masked contents gets lost while importing the files to ai
Hey, I think using regular masks worked for me. Don’t fully remember tbh. https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040450253-Masks.
Or you could open the file in AI and check the layers and remove the white overlay that’s covering the content.
When I faced this problem, I started to remove parts of my document and export without each of them and then test whether the error went out.
I began by dividing the document into two halves, then split the “problematic half” into two, and so on, when it came to a group that was causing the error in Adobe Acrobat. Then, I simplified it maximally (combined all possible curves, reduced groups, etc.), and the problem disappeared.
Technically, I still don’t know what notably invoked a problem in exported PDF when opening via Adobe Acrobat but it worked!
but it worked!