White border around photoshop object when imported

[Nexsus]

In photoshop I have a picture where I want to cut out a object, lets say a car. I cut out the car and have now the checker background (two layers). I save as pdf file and go to illustrator. Here I import (place) the pdf file in the document and I now have my car without the background. But when I print there is a white transparent background around the car.
It must be poosible to print without this white transparent frame around the car, but how?

 

[Eggles]

Not if you make the photoshop file into a PDF. To retain the background transparency, you need to create a clipping path between the object and background - the BG doesn't even need to be actually deleted. Then save the file as a TIF to place into Illustrator. There may be other methods that work, but this is the one I use when i need to have a transparent BG for an object I place into a layout program.

 

[Nexsus]

thanks Eggles
after a few try and fail I finaly gat it right
I saved as eps with tiff prewiev...and opened it in illustrator. it looks like shit (terrible preview on the objects in illustrator), but it prints out well!

nexsus

 

[cybberman]

Guess what! Illustrator will except native Photoshop files, and they print just fine. So what does this mean, try placing a native Photoshop file with a transparent background and "layers" into Illustrator and see what you'll get! Lets say that car is on a transparent layer and you want to place it onto a back ground in Illustrator that you have created, import it and see what happens, this is with out a CLIPPING PATH, oh my god. Check out that preview! Print and see what you'll get.

 

[Nexsus]

that where what I first tried, but I did not write that in my first forum....I wrote PDF and not PSD

Well, it looks nice in illustrator when I place a PSD file into the layout, but it prints out not so good. there is a weak transparent box around the PSD object when printed and I have seen this on other computers as well. if I put a PSD file in illustrator over another jpg/tiff file I have no problems. The problem is when a PDS file lay over objects created in Illustrator. it looks good on the screen, but when I print the boxes apperaes. do I have to flatten the file before I print (have not tried, but will asap). Nexsus