Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 500)

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Transparency
Last updated 6/6/2015
Apply transparency effects
1 Select an object. To apply effects to a graphic, select the graphic with the Direct Selection tool.
2 Choose Window > Effects to display the Effects panel.
3 Select a level to designate which parts or part of the object you want to change:
Object Affects the entire object—its stroke, fill, and text.
Graphic Affects only the graphic selected with the Direct Selection tool. Effects you apply to the graphic remain
with it when you paste the graphic in a different frame.
Group Affects all objects and text in the group. (Use the Direct Selection tool to apply effects to objects within a
group.)
Stroke Affects only the object’s stroke (including its gap color).
Fill Affects only the object’s fill.
Text Affects only text inside the object, not the text frame. Effects you apply to text affect all the text in the object;
you can’t apply an effect to individual words or letters.
You can also choose a level setting in the Control panel: Click the Apply Effect To Object button and select
Object, Stroke, Fill, or Text.
4 Do any of the following to open the Effects dialog box:
• In the Effects panel or Control panel, click the FX button and choose an effect from the menu.
• From the Effects panel menu, choose Effects and then an effect name.
• From the context menu, choose Effects and then an effect name.
• Choose Object > Effects, and then choose an effect name.
• On the Effects panel, click the triangle to display level settings if necessary, and then double-click a level setting—
Object, Stroke, Fill, or Text—on the Effects panel. By double-clicking, you both open the Effects dialog box and
choose a level setting.
5 Choose options and settings for the effect. (See Common transparency settings and options .)
6 Click OK.
Edit a transparency effect
1 Select the object or objects to which the effect has been applied.
2 Do one of the following to open the Effects dialog box.
• On the Effects panel, double-click the FX icon to the right of Object (not at the bottom of the panel). You may
need to click the triangle next to the word Object to display the FX icon.
• Select the level with the effect you want to edit, click the FX button in the Effects panel, and choose the name
of an effect.
3 Edit the effect.
Copy transparency effects
❖ Do any of the following to copy transparency effects:
• To copy effects between objects, select the object with the effect you want to copy, select the object’s FX icon
in the Effects panel, and drag the FX icon to the other object. You can drag and drop effects between objects
only to and from the same level.