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  • Martin Pearson

    Member
    April 23, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    John, have a look back through the flexi posts as Brian Little asked a similar question recently I got a good answer from John Harding I believe.

  • John McNickle

    Member
    April 23, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Cheers Martin

  • David McDonald

    Member
    April 23, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    Hi

    There is a tool in the ‘lens’ palette but think this is only available in the high end versions of the software, you select the object and specify the percentage of transparency. Works on any object whether bitmap or vector BUT when you export it wants to rasterise it first and if it is a large object it creates massive file sizes, or you have to select a really low resolution and the result is poor. Not the best tool.

    Another option is the make transparent colour in the bitmap toolbar – once again think this is only in high end version. It’s a photoshop style magic brush tool to select only contiguous slabs of colour and then you make that specific colour transparent. Not a great tool again though as the edge selection is basic with little control – ok for mock ups but not production – same comment for both tools really.

    We would use photoshop for any transparency then take it back into flexi

    Hope that helps
    Cheers
    Macky

  • Brian Little brian little

    Member
    April 24, 2012 at 11:36 am
    quote John McNickle:

    Hi Does flexisign have the ability to make an object transparent? an file i get from designers with it flexi makes it solid?

    Thanks
    John

    magic wand click on background area dotted lines appear round object and edge (adjust tolerance if necessary)
    from the bitmap dropdown select invert selection
    then again from the bitmap option convert marquee to shape
    select both objects then from the arrange dropdown select mask
    hey presto

  • Brian Little brian little

    Member
    April 24, 2012 at 11:37 am

    john got that from john H…..found it worked great hope it helps

  • John McNickle

    Member
    April 25, 2012 at 7:22 am

    cheers again guys, im working it out when i get a min here 🙂

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