Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
9.
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Congratulations! You have completed the lesson.
Exploring on your own
Try some of the following ways of working with InDesign transparency options:
1.
Scroll to a blank area of the pasteboard and create some shapes (by using the draw-
ing tools or by importing new copies of some of the image files used in this lesson)
on a new layer. Apply fill colors to any shapes that don't have content, and posi-
tion your shapes so that they overlap each other, at least partially. Then:
• Select the uppermost object in your arrangement of shapes. Using the controls in
the Effects panel, experiment with other blending modes, such as Luminosity,
Hard Light, and Difference. Then select a different object and choose the same
blending modes in the Effects panel to compare the results. When you have a
sense of what the various modes do, select all of your objects, and choose
Normal as the blending mode.
• In the Effects panel, change the Opacity value of some of the objects but not oth-
ers. Then select different objects in your arrangement and use the Object > Ar-
range > Send Backward and Object > Arrange > Bring Forward commands to
observe different results.
• Experiment with combinations of different opacities and different blending
modes applied to an object. Do the same with other objects that partially overlap
the first object, to explore the variety of effects you can create.
2.
In the Pages panel, double-click page 1 to center it in the document window. In the
Layers panel, click the eye icons for the different Art layers one at a time to see the
differences this creates in the overall effect of the layout.
3.
In the Layers panel, make sure that all the layers are unlocked. In the layout, click
the image of the glasses to select it. Use the Effects panel to apply a drop shadow.
