Transparency
Transparency can be easily added to your
Illustrator artwork. You can use the Transparency
panel to specify the opacity and blending mode of
objects, to create opacity masks, or to knock out a
portion of one object with the overlying portion of
a transparent object. Transparency and blending
modes work similarly in other Creative Suite 3
components. Use PDF/X-4 when preparing files
with transparency for print.
DeviceN
DeviceN support makes spot-color workflow
in Illustrator simpler and more powerful.
You are now capable of accomplishing more tasks
using color spaces composed of N colors, such
as duotones and tritones. You can even use spot
color in gradient mesh blends, which will be
preserved through rasterization. DeviceN lets
you print from composite separations with
spot colors intact.
1
Select the artwork you would
like to add transparency to.
2
Explore the different
blending modes and opacities
in the Transparency panel.
1
With the Mesh tool,
create a piece of artwork
with a gradient mesh,
using spot colors.
2
Print composite separations
with spot colors intact.
See Adobe Video Workshops:
• Working with transparency
in Illustrator
• Working with blending
modes in Illustrator
• Working with opacity masks
Illustrator
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