Applying fountain transparency

Fountain transparency makes the object fade from one transparency value to another. The fountain transparency can be linear, elliptical, conical, or rectangular.

You can choose fountain transparencies from a personal library or from the Content Exchange. You can browse the available transparency patterns, search by keyword, mark patterns as favorites, vote for patterns that you like, or copy patterns from the Content Exchange to your personal library. For more information, see Managing fills and transparencies.

You can create a fountain transparency by adding and removing nodes, and specifying a transparency value for each node. You can also reverse, mirror, resize, or skew a fountain transparency, or apply other transformations.

After you create a fountain transparency, you can save it for future use or share it with other users on the Content Exchange. For more information, see Saving and sharing fills and transparencies.

To apply a fountain transparency

2 .	Click Object Object properties.

3 .	In the Transparency area of the Object properties docker, click the Fountain transparency button to display fountain transparency options.

5 .	Click the Apply button in the pop-up window that appears.

To apply the transparency only to the fill or the outline of the object, click the Fill button or the Outline button in the Transparency area of the Object properties docker.

To modify the transparency, click the Edit transparency button in the Object properties docker, and specify the settings you want.

You can also click the Transparency tool in the toolbox and use the controls on the property bar.

To create a fountain transparency

2 .	Click Object Object properties.

3 .	In the Transparency area of the Object properties docker, click the Fountain transparency button to display fountain transparency options.

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Linear fountain transparency

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Elliptical fountain transparency

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Conical fountain transparency

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Rectangular fountain transparency

You can also
Change the transparency of the midpoint	Select the midpoint node, and type a value in the Node transparency box.
Add an intermediate transparency	Double-click the grayscale band where you want to add a node. With the new node selected, type a value in the Node transparency box.
Change the position of an intermediate transparency	Drag the corresponding node to a new location above the grayscale band, or type a value in the Node position box.
Delete an intermediate transparency	Double-click the corresponding node.
Allow the transparency to be skewed or stretched disproportionately	Click the Free scale and skew button .
Mirror, repeat, or reverse the transparency	Click the Edit transparency button , and click one of the following buttons: Repeat and mirror Repeat Reverse transparency
Specify the number of steps used to display or print the fountain transparency	Click the Edit transparency button, and click the Set to default button to unlock the fountain steps, and type a value in the Fountain steps box.
Specify how quickly the fountain transparency blends from one level of opacity to another	Click the Edit transparency button, and move the Acceleration slider.
Create smoother color transitions between fountain fill nodes	Click the Edit transparency button, and click the Smooth button .
Set the width and height of the transparency as a percentage of the object’s width and height	Click the Edit transparency button, and type values in the Transparency width and Transparency height boxes.
Move the transparency center up, down, left, or right	Click the Edit transparency button, and type values in the X and Y boxes.
Slant the transparency at a specified angle	Click the Edit transparency button, and type a value in the Skew box.
Rotate the transparency at a specified angle	Click the Edit transparency button, and type a value in the Rotate box.

To apply the transparency only to the fill or the outline of the object, click the Fill button or the Outline button .

You can also click the Transparency tool in the toolbox. To adjust the transparency, use the controls on the property bar or the interactive vector handles that appear on the object.

You can also drag colors, which are converted to grayscale, from the color palette onto the transparency nodes. Alternatively, if the Transparency tool is selected, you can drag the colors onto the object’s interactive vector handles .

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