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Transparency from an Imported FreeHand File

Aug 13, 2012 5:07 AM

Tags: #illustrator #cs5 #adobe #mac

I converted all my FreeHand files. Some have transparencies. Illustrator shows the transparencies, but does not recognize them in the Transparency panel. It says they have 100% opacity even though they appear transparent. I assume this is just how they got converted. Is there any fast way to make them recognize their original opacity % as set in FreeHand?

575 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: kcfi, Aug 13, 2012 5:24 PM
 
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  • Mylenium
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    1. Mylenium,
    Aug 13, 2012 10:37 AM   in reply to kcfi
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    Any chance it's simply a clipping mask?

     

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  • kcfi
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    2. kcfi,
    Aug 13, 2012 2:35 PM   in reply to Mylenium
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    It's a path with a fill.

     
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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    3. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Aug 13, 2012 4:03 PM   in reply to kcfi
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    I have seen this even without opening a Freehand file and from my experienc it can only be undone by redoing the fill and giving it a neww transparency setting otherwise it recognises the current color as if it were a swattch of a transparent color at which you are seeing it as what Illustrator understands as 100% of the swatch.

     

    As far as I can tell there is no other work around.

     
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  • Monika Gause
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    4. Monika Gause,
    Aug 13, 2012 5:05 PM   in reply to kcfi
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    i just tried this with a lens fill. Illustrator recognized the fill in the transparency panel, no problem.

     

    So: how is your transparency constructed in FreeHand and where have you looked for it? Transparency can be applied to the stroke, the fill or the object.

     
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    5. kcfi,
    Aug 13, 2012 5:24 PM   in reply to Monika Gause
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    I found the setting. It is working. I was looking at the opacity setting that says 100%, and then I found the one for the fill that says 80%.

     

    Screen Shot 2012-08-13 at 7.23.05 PM.jpg

     
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