[Tron]

hi,
i�m not a newbee on illustrator and freehand, but recently i had a problem, that couldn�t be solved:

how can i use transparency with those programms? is there a simple button or something like that ?! yes?- i can�t find it!
for example in photoshop it�s very easy to use transparency in many different ways (additive, subtractive, multiply, ...)



-> how can i use thoes effects in illustrator and freehand?

thank you for your answers

TRON

[ichiban]

in freehand oyu have to use the object inspector panel - click the "fill" tab and set the type to "lens" - one of the lens types is transparency.

in illustrator there's a palette for transparency - just look for it, it's in there somewhere.

[silber]

hmmmm I only do know the path finder (-->options)tool
but it doesn't work too well

[Socar MYLES]

What version of Illustrator are you using? As far as I know, only the latest version supports layer transparencies.

[ichiban]

i think illustrator 9...? haven't used it in a while, really, just freehand 9 +/or 10

[bobtema]

In Illustrator 9 bring up the palette for transparency then just adjust with tools there. Real simple.

[ichiban]

...read my first post