Drawing in Indesign

Effects of Indesign

Effects Panel

To view Effects Panel Go to Windows > Effects.

A. Blending mode B. Levels C. FX icon D. Clear effects E. FX button

Blending Mode

Determines colors in transparent objects to interact with the objects behind them.

Opacity

For the opacity of an object, stroke, fill, or text.

Level

Indicates opacity settings of Object, Stroke, Fill, and Text and effects applied. Click the triangle to the left of the word Object to hide or display these level settings. The FX icon appears after you apply transparency settings, and now you can double-click the FX icon to edit the settings.

Isolate Blending

Can be applied to a selected group of objects.

Knockout Group

Makes the opacity and blending attributes of every object in a group knock out, or block out, underlying objects in the group.

Clear All button

Clears effects—stroke, fill, or text— from an object, sets the blend mode to Normal, and changes the Opacity setting to 100% throughout the object.

FX button

Displays a list of transparency effects.

Transparency effects

InDesign has nine transparency effects. To apply these effects select object and then go to Window> Effects.

Drop Shadow

Adds a shadow that falls behind the object, stroke, fill, or text.

Inner Shadow

Adds a shadow that falls just inside the edges of the object, stroke, fill, or text, giving it a recessed appearance.

Outer Glow and Inner Glow

Add glows that emanate from the outside or inside edges of the object, stroke, fill, or text.

Bevel and Emboss

Adds various combinations of highlights and shadows to give text and images a three-dimensional appearance.

Satin

Adds interior shading that makes a satiny finish.

Basic Feather, Directional Feather, and Gradient Feather

Soften the edges of an object by fading them to transparent.

Figure showing different type of effects applied on text.