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Apply transparency effects
- Select
an object. To apply effects to a graphic, select the graphic with
the Direct Selection tool.
- Choose Window > Effects to display the Effects
panel.
- Select a level to designate which parts or part of the
object you want to change:
- Object
- Affects the entire object—its stroke, fill, and text.
- Graphic
- 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.
- Group
- Affects all objects and text in the group. (Use the Direct
Selection tool to apply effects to objects within a group.)
- Stroke
- Affects only the object’s stroke (including its gap color).
- Fill
- Affects only the object’s fill.
- Text
- 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.
You can also choose a level setting in the Control panel:
Click the Apply Effect To Object button  and
select Object, Stroke, Fill, or Text.
- Do any of the following to open the Effects dialog box:
In the Effects panel or Control panel,
click the FX button  and
choose an effect from the menu.
From the Effects panel menu, choose Effects and
then an effect name.
From the context menu, choose Effects and then an
effect name.
Choose Object > Effects, and then choose
an effect name.
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.
- Choose options and settings for the effect. (See Common transparency settings and options.)
- Click OK.
Edit a transparency effect- Select the object or objects to which
the effect has been applied.
- Do one of the following to open the Effects dialog box.
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 Object to
display the FX icon.
Select the level with the effect you want to edit,
click the FX button in
the Effects panel, and choose the name of an effect.
- Edit the effect.
Copy transparency effects Do any of the following to copy transparency
effects:To copy effects between objects, select
the object with the effect you want to copy, select the object’s
FX icon  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.
To copy effects between objects selectively, use
the Eyedropper tool  . 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.
To copy effects from one level to another in the
same object, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag
(Mac OS) the FX icon from one level
to another (Stroke, Fill, or Text) on the Effects panel.
 You can move effects from one level
to another in the same object by dragging the FX icon. Clear transparency effects from an object Do
any of the following: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  in
the Effects panel or choose Clear All Transparency on the Effect
panel menu.
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 from
the Stroke, Fill, or Text level in the Effects panel to the Trash
icon.
To clear multiple levels (Stroke, Fill, or Text)
of an effect, select the levels and click the Trash icon.
To remove an individual effect from an object, open
the Effects dialog box and deselect a Transparency effect.
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