White box effect in documents with transparency

how do i get rid of the white box effect when placing images from photoshop whith transparent backgrounds?

Save it as a TIFF or PSD with transparency ticked.
If you are going to include things like text layers, vector masks, or vector shapes in photoshop - best to save as a PDF with photoshop editing capabilities.
But pure raster documents, TIFF or PSD is preferred.

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