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Using the Soft filter
The Soft filter makes the top color of
overlapping colors semitransparent and
then divides the image into its compo-
nent faces. You specify the amount of
color to show through overlapping
objects.If you overlap multiple objects,
each object gets the selected level of
transparency. A low value results in a
low level of transparency; a high value
produces a high level of transparency.
To specify how much color to show
through overlapping objects:
1
Select the objects whose colors you
want to mix.
2
Choose Filter
>
Pathfinder
>
Soft.
3
Enter a value between 1% and 100%
in the Mixing Rate text box for the per-
centage of transparency in overlapping
colors.
4
To convert any custom colors to
process colors in the selected objects,
select the Convert Custom Colors to
Process option.
5
Click OK.