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                    Effects panel overview
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6eb6a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Display Effects panel options</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="para">Use the
Effects panel (Window&#160;&gt; Effects) to specify the opacity
and blending mode of objects and groups, isolate blending to a particular
group, knock out objects inside a group, or apply a transparency
effect.<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tr_effectdb" src="images/tr_effectdb.png" /><div class="figdesc">Add and edit transparency effects in the Effects panel</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Blending mode</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Levels</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>FX icon</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Clear
effects</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">E.</dt>
<dd>FX button</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div><dl><dt class="dlterm">Blending Mode</dt>
<dd>Specifies how colors in transparent objects interact with
the objects behind them. (See <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6eb0a.html">Specify how colors blend</a>.)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Opacity</dt>
<dd>Determines the opacity of an object, stroke, fill, or text.
(See <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6eb5a.html">Set the opacity of an object</a>.)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Level</dt>
<dd>Tells you the Object, Stroke, Fill, and Text opacity settings
of the object, as well as whether transparency effects have been
applied. Click the triangle to the left of the word <i>Object</i> (or <dfn class="term">Group</dfn> or <dfn class="term">Graphic</dfn>)
to hide or display these level settings. The FX icon appears on
a level after you apply transparency settings there, and you can
double-click the FX icon to edit the settings.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Isolate Blending</dt>
<dd>Applies a blending mode to a selected group of objects. (See <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6eada.html">Isolate blending modes</a>.)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Knockout Group</dt>
<dd>Makes the opacity and blending attributes of every object
in a group knock out, or block out, underlying objects in the group.
(See <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6eaca.html">Knock out objects within a group</a>.)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Clear All button</dt>
<dd>Clears effects—stroke, fill, or text— from an object, sets
the blend mode to Normal, and changes the Opacity setting to 100%
throughout the object.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">FX button</dt>
<dd>Displays a list of transparency effects. (See <a href="WS20CA17E6-8D7C-4335-BB32-F14A31E6040Ca.html">Apply transparency effects</a>.)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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and, if necessary, open the Effects panel menu and choose Show Options.</span> <p>The Effects panel options are also available in the Effects
dialog box (select an object and choose Object&#160;&gt; Effects&#160;&gt;
Transparency) and, in simplified form, on the Control panel.</p>
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