Comments on: Opacity Mask Basics: Illustrator http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/ Free Design Resources including free vectors, buttons, icons, fading corners, quick tips, tutorials and more. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Lorraine http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-21437 Lorraine Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:18:39 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-21437 Wonderful! Thank you. Wonderful! Thank you.

]]> By: Patrice Lafond http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-21264 Patrice Lafond Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:17:55 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-21264 ...just to confirm (again) that the "switch" between grayscale and RGB works... that solves the "not completely transparent" problem... must be a bug in CS3. Oh, and btw, excellent tutorial! :D …just to confirm (again) that the “switch” between grayscale and RGB works… that solves the “not completely transparent” problem… must be a bug in CS3.

Oh, and btw, excellent tutorial! :D

]]> By: Gazduire web site, inregistrare domenii .ro http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-21107 Gazduire web site, inregistrare domenii .ro Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:30:59 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-21107 Just what I was looking for. Just what I was looking for.

]]> By: drei http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-19947 drei Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:26:21 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-19947 good job!...i like it! good job!…i like it!

]]> By: eobet http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-18293 eobet Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:35:05 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-18293 I had the same problem as wmarple. No matter what I seeminlgy did, I could never get 100% transparency on a gradient in the opacity mask. The solution was this: If you convert your document from CMYK to RGB, make sure that you convert all your blacks from CMYK/Greyscale to RGB. Just switching the mode in the color palette does the trick, apparently. I had the same problem as wmarple. No matter what I seeminlgy did, I could never get 100% transparency on a gradient in the opacity mask.

The solution was this: If you convert your document from CMYK to RGB, make sure that you convert all your blacks from CMYK/Greyscale to RGB.

Just switching the mode in the color palette does the trick, apparently.

]]> By: Fayna http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-16362 Fayna Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:19:03 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-16362 Nevermind, I *just* figured it out... I need to click "Show options" above "Make opacity mask" in the Transparency palette flyout menu to see the same options as everyone else. :D Nevermind, I *just* figured it out… I need to click “Show options” above “Make opacity mask” in the Transparency palette flyout menu to see the same options as everyone else. :D

]]> By: Fayna http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-16361 Fayna Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:16:28 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-16361 Thank you for such a lovely tutorial!! I'm just having trouble with my transparency palette... it doesn't look the same as your's. All I have is the blend mode drop-down and the opacity slider. I click "Make opacity mask", but my object just goes blank. Am I doing something wrong? I'm using Illustrator CS3. If anyone could help, that'd be great! :) Thanks again, Bittbox! Thank you for such a lovely tutorial!!

I’m just having trouble with my transparency palette… it doesn’t look the same as your’s. All I have is the blend mode drop-down and the opacity slider. I click “Make opacity mask”, but my object just goes blank. Am I doing something wrong? I’m using Illustrator CS3.

If anyone could help, that’d be great! :) Thanks again, Bittbox!

]]> By: PixelDesign http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-15968 PixelDesign Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:26:42 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-15968 Thank you so much!!! :) greetings from Cracow, Poland Thank you so much!!!
:)

greetings from Cracow, Poland

]]> By: Oscar http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-11201 Oscar Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:54:35 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-11201 Great tutorial. It helped solve a problem I was having with making a precise mask. Thanks! Great tutorial. It helped solve a problem I was having with making a precise mask. Thanks!

]]> By: shane http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-9922 shane Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:22:03 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-9922 thanks for the tip about the black not being black. it was really messing with me why i couldn't get complete transparency!. thanks for the tip about the black not being black. it was really messing with me why i couldn’t get complete transparency!.

]]> By: webgk.com http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8776 webgk.com Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:31:41 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8776 Wow! I have tried and it worked out very well. Thanks for sharing such a great tutorial. Wow! I have tried and it worked out very well. Thanks for sharing such a great tutorial.

]]> By: john http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8765 john Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:43:53 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8765 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? 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?

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8672 Bruce Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:00:22 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8672 Hey, I used the opacity mask last. But i'm not quite satisfied with it. de black area isn't realy transparant, i still see a bit of the original and there ain't no nice lapse. I also showed and asked my teacher at school (who is a designer and works a couple of years with illustrator) and even he didn't understand why i didn't worked the way it should work. He says it's a CS3 bug. Hey, I used the opacity mask last. But i’m not quite satisfied with it. de black area isn’t realy transparant, i still see a bit of the original and there ain’t no nice lapse.
I also showed and asked my teacher at school (who is a designer and works a couple of years with illustrator) and even he didn’t understand why i didn’t worked the way it should work. He says it’s a CS3 bug.

]]> By: webgk.com http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8634 webgk.com Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:02:25 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8634 Hey that's a great tutorial. Let me try, if I can do that. Hey that’s a great tutorial. Let me try, if I can do that.

]]> By: Mellisa http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8478 Mellisa Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:56:54 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-8478 As always, your tutorial has answered another one of my age old Illustrator questions. Thank you so much for providing such top quality, useful tutorials!! As always, your tutorial has answered another one of my age old Illustrator questions.

Thank you so much for providing such top quality, useful tutorials!!

]]> By: Walter http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-6056 Walter Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:17:27 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-6056 OMG thank you so much!! you saved my work!! OMG thank you so much!! you saved my work!!

]]> By: mellowdesign http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-4861 mellowdesign Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:04:17 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-4861 Just what I was looking for. I had downloaded a bunch of your glass buttons but wanted to figure out how to do the same with a different shape. I couldn’t get it to work until I followed this. Great stuff. Thanks. Just what I was looking for. I had downloaded a bunch of your glass buttons but wanted to figure out how to do the same with a different shape. I couldn’t get it to work until I followed this. Great stuff. Thanks.

]]> By: mellowdewsign http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-4860 mellowdewsign Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:03:32 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-4860 Just what I was looking for. I had downloaded a bunch of your glass buttons but wanted to figure out how to do the same with a different shape. I couldn't get it to work until I followed this. Great stuff. Thanks. Just what I was looking for. I had downloaded a bunch of your glass buttons but wanted to figure out how to do the same with a different shape. I couldn’t get it to work until I followed this. Great stuff. Thanks.

]]> By: Abhijit V. Chaore http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-4816 Abhijit V. Chaore Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:44:05 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-4816 Another nice tutorial from your box ...BitBox....!!! Another nice tutorial from your box …BitBox….!!!

]]> By: DriftRoot http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-4670 DriftRoot Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:45:31 +0000 http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/opacity-mask-basics-illustrator/#comment-4670 I had the same issue with the opacity mask not going completely transparent at the black end. The problem seems to be that the default black to white linear gradient in Illustrator is not as black as it's supposed to be. Replace the "black" from this gradient with the black from the RGB swatch palette (or make your own gradient from scratch) and you're good to go. I had the same issue with the opacity mask not going completely transparent at the black end. The problem seems to be that the default black to white linear gradient in Illustrator is not as black as it’s supposed to be. Replace the “black” from this gradient with the black from the RGB swatch palette (or make your own gradient from scratch) and you’re good to go.

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