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Photo editing with Enhance transparency
When you apply enhance transparency as described above, the shape remains as an independent object
that is not tied to any photos or other objects in your design (unless you go on to manually group it with
other objects of course). Because you will most commonly want to use this effect when editing photos,
there is a better way to use Enhance transparency which is more suited to working with photos.
To apply enhance transparency to part of a photo, select the photo, go into Mask mode
and draw around the area of the photo you want to modify.
Then go to the Photo Enhance Tool
and start to modify the photo using the controls on the infobar.
The mask shape is converted into a shape with enhance transparency applied. The shape is also grouped
with the photo, to form a Photo Group
. This means as you move or otherwise transform the photo, the enhanced shapes move/transform with it.
The enhance shape is also clipped to the edges of the photo.
For more information on using Enhance transparency with photos, see the Photo Tool
chapter.
Note that you can't apply the Blur/sharpen effect to enhance transparent objects, except if they are
applied as part of a Photo Group, as described above.
Profile
You can change the rate of change of transition between the start and end of transparencies. This applies
to all single stage graduated transparency types except three point and four point (where the option is not
available)
To change the profile of a transparency:
1.
Select the object.
2.
On the Transparency Tool InfoBar click Profile. This opens the Profile dialog.
3.
You either select a predefined profile from the dropdown list or drag the sliders to create a
custom profile. The top option in the dropdown list (the straight line) creates a linear transition
between the start and end of the transparency.
Bitmaps
Bitmap & Fill Galleries are described in Photo Handling and Fills
.
When you select a transparency type of Bitmap, a default bitmap is initially used. Click on Bitmap
Name in the transparency InfoBar, or use the Bitmap or Fill Galleries to change the bitmap used (click
the Transp
button in the gallery or drag-and-drop from the gallery).
By default, the lighter colors in a bitmap are the most transparent (you can, of course, alter the relative
amounts of transparency later).
Handle/resolution
If you have a handle selected, this box tells you what handle it is. With no handles selected, and when
using a bitmap transparency, it controls the DPI.
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