12. Working with Transparency

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

  • Change the opacity of objects drawn in InDesign.

  • Apply transparency settings to imported graphics.

  • Apply transparency settings to text.

  • Apply blending modes to overlapping objects.

  • Apply feathering effects to objects.

  • Add a drop shadow to text.

  • Apply multiple effects to an object.

  • Copy effects between objects.

  • Apply an effect to one layer of a Photoshop file.

  • Edit and remove effects.

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This lesson will take about 75 minutes to complete. To get the lesson files used in this chapter, download them from the web page for this book at adobepress.com/InDesignCIB2023 ...

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