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                    Apply transparency effects
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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="#WS776782C7-6D98-4cf6-B2A6-4E4AA512821Ca"><h4 class="topictitle4">Edit a transparency effect</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS3571C63B-F508-41c5-A041-9A131569D88Fa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Copy transparency effects</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSD7969801-DC58-40ff-9696-C25D361AEA56a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Clear transparency effects from an object</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select
an object. To apply effects to a graphic, select the graphic with
the Direct Selection tool.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Window&#160;&gt; Effects to display the Effects
panel.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select a level to designate which parts or part of the
object you want to change:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Object</dt>
<dd>Affects the entire object—its stroke, fill, and text.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Graphic</dt>
<dd>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.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Group</dt>
<dd>Affects all objects and text in the group. (Use the Direct
Selection tool to apply effects to objects within a group.)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Stroke</dt>
<dd>Affects only the object’s stroke (including its gap color). </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Fill</dt>
<dd>Affects only the object’s fill.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Text</dt>
<dd>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.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
 <p>You can also choose a level setting in the Control panel:
Click the Apply Effect To Object button&#160;<img src="images/apply_effect_object_N.png" /> and
select Object, Stroke, Fill, or Text. </p>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do any of the following to open the Effects dialog box:</span><ul><li><p>In the Effects panel or Control panel,
click the FX button&#160;<img src="images/fx_button.png" /> and
choose an effect from the menu. </p>
</li>
<li><p>From the Effects panel menu, choose Effects and
then an effect name.</p>
</li>
<li><p>From the context menu, choose Effects and then an
effect name. </p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose Object&#160;&gt; Effects, and then choose
an effect name.</p>
</li>
<li><p>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. </p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose options and settings for the effect. (See <a href="WSA24CA195-1979-4208-9F31-31F610A365AEa.html">Common transparency settings and options</a>.)</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click OK.</span></li>
</ol>
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<div id="WS776782C7-6D98-4cf6-B2A6-4E4AA512821Ca" class="nochunk"><a name="WS776782C7-6D98-4cf6-B2A6-4E4AA512821Ca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Edit a transparency effect</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select the object or objects to which
the effect has been applied.</span></li>
<li><span>Do one of the following to open the Effects dialog box.</span><ul><li><p>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 <i>Object</i> to
display the FX icon.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Select the level with the effect you want to edit,
click the FX button&#160;<img src="images/fx_button.png" /> in
the Effects panel, and choose the name of an effect.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>Edit the effect.</span></li>
</ol>
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<div id="WS3571C63B-F508-41c5-A041-9A131569D88Fa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS3571C63B-F508-41c5-A041-9A131569D88Fa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Copy transparency effects</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do any of the following to copy transparency
effects:</span><ul><li><p>To copy effects between objects, select
the object with the effect you want to copy, select the object’s
FX icon&#160;<img src="images/fx_icon.png" /> 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.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To copy effects between objects selectively, use
the Eyedropper tool&#160;<img src="images/eye_dropper_tool.png" />. To control
which transparency stroke, fill, and object settings are copied
with the Eyedropper tool, double-click the tool to open the Eyedropper
Options dialog box. Then select or deselect options in the Stroke
Settings, Fill Settings, and Object Settings areas.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To copy effects from one level to another in the
same object, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag
(Mac&#160;OS) the FX icon from one level
to another (Stroke, Fill, or Text) on the Effects panel.</p>
</li>
</ul>
 <div class="para"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can move effects from one level
to another in the same object by dragging the FX icon.</div></div>
</div>
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<div id="WSD7969801-DC58-40ff-9696-C25D361AEA56a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSD7969801-DC58-40ff-9696-C25D361AEA56a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Clear transparency effects from an object</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do
any of the following:</span><ul><li><p>To clear all effects from an object as
well as change the blending mode to Normal and the Opacity setting
to 100%, click the Clear All Effects button&#160;<img src="images/clear_all_effect_bttn_N.png" /> in
the Effects panel or choose Clear All Transparency on the Effect
panel menu.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To clear all effects but maintain the blending and
opacity settings, select a level and choose Clear Effects on the
Effects panel menu or drag the FX icon&#160;<img src="images/fx_icon.png" /> from
the Stroke, Fill, or Text level in the Effects panel to the Trash
icon.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To clear multiple levels (Stroke, Fill, or Text)
of an effect, select the levels and click the Trash icon.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To remove an individual effect from an object, open
the Effects dialog box and deselect a Transparency effect.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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