Introduction

The Transparency Tool lets you specify how much of the underlying colors and objects appears through an object.

Shape

Transparency type

Tiling

Bitmap name

Profile

Handle/Resolution

Amount of transparency

You have control over the level of transparency from fully opaque to fully transparent. Xara goes further than other drawing packages by offering a wide range of different graduated transparencies.

You can apply flat and graduated transparency to all types of objects including bitmaps.

Some uses of transparency:

  • Simulating water or glass.
  • Anywhere you want objects to fade to parts of objects to fade or blend with the background. Clouds or mist-fractal transparencies are particularly good for this.
  • Using the special type of transparency you can lighten, darken and apply special effects to objects and photos.
  • Creating highlights and reflections.

The windshield is created with multiple overlaid objects with different transparency. The reflection is 100% opaque white in the center fading in an elliptical fashion.

 

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