Operation Manual

Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 165
For professional design, you can make use of composite blend modes or
isolated blending within a group to prevent underlying objects from being
affected by the blending operation.
To apply a blend mode to an existing object:
1. Select an existing object on your page.
2. On the Colour tab, choose a blend mode from the Blend Mode drop-
down list.
To apply a blend mode to a new brush stroke, line, or shape:
1. Select the brush, line, or shape tool you want to use, and set its
appropriate settings—width, colour, etc.
2. On the Colour tab, choose a blend mode from the Blend Mode drop-
down list.
3. Create your stroke, line, or shape on your page.
Composite blend modes
When multiple objects are grouped (see p. 135), the group can be given a
composite blend mode, which complements any blend mode applied to objects
prior to being grouped. The composite blend is applied to the group after objects
have been blended.
Composite blend modes are created by using the Blend Mode drop-down list on
the Colour tab.
If you ungroup, any blend modes set on any object before grouping
will be reverted.
Using isolated blending
Blend modes applied to overlapping objects may inadvertently produce
unwanted blending on underlying objects. This can be overcome by grouping
blended objects, then isolating the blend effect within the group.
To apply isolated blending:
1. Select the grouped object containing blending.
2. From the context toolbar, check Isolated Blending.