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Skillful use of transparencies

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In this tutorial, I would like to give you a few tips on how to work with transparencies. I'll create a rectangle (1), fill it with green (2), set the outline to 0 pt (3) and reduce the opacity to 50 % (4).

Skillful use of transparencies

I copy this again by holding down the Alt key. You can see that: If I overlay this, the opacity of the overlapping area becomes higher (1).

However, if I want to prevent this, there is a nice option: I select both rectangles and group them using the right mouse button (2). In the transparency panel, I show the options (3). If I now click on Recess group (4), the opacity in the overlapping area does not change (5).

Skillful use of transparencies

I'll create another red rectangle and place it in the background. When overlapping, the color changes accordingly (1).

If I don't want the color to change when overlapping, then I also have to group this and activate the cut-out group under the transparencies (2). So - if you ever have problems, now you know: Group and then activate the cut-out group.

Skillful use of transparencies

Stefan Petri
Trainer About Stefan Petri Together with his brother Matthias, Stefan Petri runs the popular specialist forum PSD-Tutorials.de and the e-learning platform TutKit.com, which focuses on the training and further education of digital professional skills. All courses by Stefan Petri