Problem: Maps Exported to EPS or AI Display as Bands or Strips in Adobe Illustrator

Description

Maps exported to EPS or AI display as bands or strips in Adobe Illustrator.
[O-Image] Bands as shown in Illustrator

Cause

The map contains either one more layers symbolized with transparency and/or picture marker symbols and/or contains raster layers. These types of layers force the map to rasterize on output.

Solution or Workaround

Remove the transparency and/or picture marker symbology and/or the raster layers, or move those layers lower in the order of layers in the Table of Contents.

See the link in the Related Information section below for a sample that helps detect rasterizing layers.

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Related Information

Detect if any layers use transparency or picture marker symbology and how many layer masks are present in a map

Maps exported to EPS or AI display as bands or strips in Adobe Illustrator

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