Applying transparencies

When you apply a transparency to an object, you make the objects beneath it partially visible. You can apply transparencies using the same kind of fills you apply to objects; that is, uniform, fountain, texture, and pattern. For more information about these fills, see “Filling objects.”

By default, CorelDRAW applies all transparencies to the object’s fill and outline; however, you can specify whether you want the transparency to apply only to the object’s outline or fill.

You can also copy a transparency from one object to another.

When you position a transparency over an object, you can freeze it, making the view of the object move with the transparency.

CorelDRAW transpar examples Applying transparencies

Some types of transparencies: uniform, fountain, textured, and patterned

To apply a uniform transparency

Select an object.

In the toolbox, click the Transparency tool

On the property bar, choose Uniform from the Transparency type list box.

Type a value in the Starting transparency box on the property bar, and press Enter.

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You can click a color on the color palette to apply a color to the transparency.

To apply a fountain transparency

Select an object.

In the toolbox, click the Transparency tool

On the property bar, choose one of the following fountain transparencies from the Transparency type list box:

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Linear

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Radial

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Conical

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Square

Reposition the interactive vector handles that display, or point to where you want the transparency to start on the object, and drag to where you want the transparency to end.

If you want to reset the transparency, press Esc before releasing the mouse button.

Type a value in the Transparency midpoint box on the property bar, and press Enter.

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You can create a custom fountain transparency by dragging colors, whose shades convert to grayscale, from the color palette onto the object’s interactive vector handles

To apply a textured transparency

Select an object.

In the toolbox, click the Transparency tool

Choose Texture from the Transparency type list box on the property bar.

Choose a sample from the Texture library list box on the property bar.

Open the First transparency picker on the property bar, and click a texture.

On the property bar, type values in the following boxes:

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Starting transparency — lets you change the opacity of the starting color

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Ending transparency — lets you change the opacity of the ending color

To apply a pattern transparency

Select an object.

In the toolbox, click the Transparency tool

From the Transparency type list box on the property bar, choose one of the following:

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Two Color Pattern — a simple picture composed of “on” and “off” pixels. The only shades included in the picture are the two that you assign.

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Full Color Pattern — a picture composed of lines and fills, instead of dots of color like bitmaps. These vector graphics are smoother and more complex than bitmap images and are easier to manipulate.

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Bitmap Pattern — a color picture composed of patterns of light and dark or differently colored pixels in a rectangular array.

Open the First transparency picker on the property bar, and click a pattern.

On the property bar, type values in the following boxes:

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Starting transparency

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Ending transparency

To specify the extent of a transparency

In the toolbox, click the Transparency tool

Select an object to which a transparency has been applied.

From the Transparency target list box on the property bar, choose one of the following:

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Fill

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Outline

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All

To copy a transparency to another object

Select an object to which you want to apply a transparency.

Click Effects

Copy effect

Lens from.

Using the horizontal cursor, select the object with the transparency you want to copy.

To freeze the contents of a transparency

In the toolbox, click the Transparency tool

Select an object to which a transparency has been applied.

Click the Freeze button

on the property bar.

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The view of the object beneath the transparency moves with it; however, the actual object remains unchanged.

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