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Background Image turns black upon Preview/Publish (SL3)
Hi, I am using a large background image on the slide master (it's a very colorful JPG image of a store setting). The image turns completely black upon Preview; I published the project and the image is still black.
I removed the image from the slide master and pasted it on each slide - it's still black when I view the project.
I changed the JPG to a PNG...still black, lol.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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Oh no, Denise. Sorry you're running into that oddity!
Does this happen with any .JPG file, or a particular one? Also, would you mind sharing the image of the store setting so I can try to replicate the behavior? You can share it publicly here, or send it to me privately by using this upload link.
I'll let you know what I see, and will delete it after troubleshooting. We'll sort what's going on here together!
Hi, Katie! Thanks for responding. I'll upload both the image that is turning black and the image I ended up using that actually worked. Perhaps you can see a difference between the two that is causing the problem.
Thanks again!
Hi, Denise. Thanks for sending those images!
Confirming receipt, and I'll be in touch with my findings within our case. Talk soon!
Did you find a solution for this? I have some images that look fine when I am creating the slide but then when I hit preview or publish they have a black background around them. What can I do?
Hello Cayley!
I see that you've connected with our Support Engineers and were working with my teammate, Lianne! It looks like Lianne was able to take a look at your project and offer a solution. Lianne is still available in your support case if you have additional questions.
Hello. Have we found a solution to this problem? I have encountered the same issue. I used a colorful image as the background for the master slide. But when I previewed it, the image is completely dark. Please help. Thanks.
Hello Lan Ma,
Happy to check this for you.
We're not seeing this issue being reported by our other users anymore so there's a possibility that the incident is isolated. I want to ask a few questions to help clarify your experience:
- Have you tried testing the behavior using other image files for the background?
- Are you using Storyline 3 or Storyline 360?
- If all images are affected, have you tried repairing Storyline 3?
If only one image file causes the black background issue, please share a copy of your project file here or in private by opening a support case so we can take a closer look at what's happening. We'll delete it when we're done testing!
