How to change fill opacity in illustrator

Has it ever happened to you that the text content doesn’t show well on the background image and you had to add a shape underneath the text to make it readable?

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Not a bad idea, but sometimes solid color with 100% opacity can look too bold. Playing with the opacity can make the elements blend well. 

The default opacity when you create an object, place an image, or add text in Adobe Illustrator is 100%, but you can change the opacity in the Appearance panel or Transparency panel.

There isn’t an Opacity panel. The closest option you get is the Transparency panel.

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Basically, it’s the same thing. Lowering the opacity makes objects more transparent. 

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to quickly change the opacity and different blending modes that you can use to show transparent effects.

Let’s jump in! 

Note: the screenshots from this tutorial are taken from Adobe Illustrator CC Mac version.

Windows or other versions can look different. 

Changing Opacity in 2 Steps

Actually, you don’t have to open the Appearance panel or Transparency panel

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