Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 215)

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Painting
Last updated 6/5/2015
Transparency and blending modes
About transparency
Transparency is such an integral part of Illustrator that it’s possible to add transparency to your artwork without
realizing it. You can add transparency to artwork by doing any of the following:
• Lowering the opacity of objects so that underlying artwork becomes visible.
• Using opacity masks to create variations in transparency.
• Using a blending mode to change how colors interact among overlapping objects.
• Applying gradients and meshes that include transparency.
• Applying effects or graphic styles that include transparency, such as drop shadows.
• Importing Adobe Photoshop files that include transparency.