Comments on: Opacity Mask Basics: Illustrator

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:26:16 +0000

I think that it was written “Make Transparency Mask.”

instead of “Make opacity Mask.”

By: Budget Hosting India

Budget Hosting India — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:51:03 +0000

For buttons it’s great. It can be used in various ways once you start using it as a designer. Thanks for the opacity tutorial.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 09:49:17 +0000

Thanks very much indeed. I hadn’t known that the best looking buttons contain a great deal of opacity masks, mine were looking boring and plain until today. I’ll create new buttons using your tips shortly.

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Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:08:01 +0000

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By: meghan

meghan — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:09:08 +0000

Thank you SO much for this… I tried 3 other tutorials before finding this one.

BTW, I used a gradient mesh since I was trying to fade out an odd shape and it worked fine. I wonder if you could achieve this effect with the blend tool (my preferred method of fading to another color)?

No more dragging objects into Photoshop for transparency blends… thank you again!

By: Orange County Graphic Designers

Orange County Graphic Designers — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:16:12 +0000

Nice, it took a couple of times but we got it!

By: 15 Basic Illustrator Tutorials for beginners « Learnteractive

15 Basic Illustrator Tutorials for beginners « Learnteractive — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:14:16 +0000

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By: Gruppenhaus

Gruppenhaus — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:36:54 +0000

Thank you for this nice Tutorial.

By: Claudio

Claudio — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:56:46 +0000

Great article, I knew that there was a way to use transparency. You cleared everything. thank you.

By: eagrapho » 20 Basic Illustrator Tutorials Every Beginner Should See

eagrapho » 20 Basic Illustrator Tutorials Every Beginner Should See — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:09:47 +0000

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By: enddl22s Blog » Glossy Vector Web 2.0 Logo Text in 5 Easy Steps

enddl22s Blog » Glossy Vector Web 2.0 Logo Text in 5 Easy Steps — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:39:39 +0000

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By: Illustrator Gradient Masks | Super Mega Action Plus

Illustrator Gradient Masks | Super Mega Action Plus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:19:18 +0000

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By: Darren at Pure and Simple Web Design

Darren at Pure and Simple Web Design — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:26:59 +0000

At John –
“I love this site. I am very new w/ illustrator so this is probably a newbie question. After I am done creating my transparent gradient opacity mask I cannot view any of my previously created layers. There is just the opacity mask layer. What I am I doing wrong?”

* – Take a look in your Transparency palette – you’ll notice that out of the two images making the opacity mask, you have the mask selected – try selecting the thumbnail next to it in the Transparency palette – you should see all your layers come back.
Darren.

By: Adobe Illustrator « [ b h a n g b h a n g b a n g ]

Adobe Illustrator « [ b h a n g b h a n g b a n g ] — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:40:22 +0000

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By: Super Mega Action Weblog Plus! » Illustrator Gradient Masks

Super Mega Action Weblog Plus! » Illustrator Gradient Masks — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:02:33 +0000

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By: Kookaii

Kookaii — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:51:55 +0000

And like everybody before me, a super huge KUDOS to you Bittbox. Your site is FANTASTIC! I’m a fairly new AI user and all these tips on here are really helping me figure out a lot of the How Tos in Illustrator. Thanks thanks! :D

By: Cari Goldman

Cari Goldman — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:07:29 +0000

I just used the opacity mask for the first time, and I think I’m in love…

By: MellyMae

MellyMae — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:10:27 +0000

Same thing is happening to me… once I create the opacity mask, all my other layers in the layers palette disappear. How do I get them back?

By: Glossy Vector Web 2.0 Logo Text in 5 Easy Steps | BittBox

Glossy Vector Web 2.0 Logo Text in 5 Easy Steps | BittBox — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:42:36 +0000

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