strokes not changing from transparency back to 100%

[sonofmrsnak]

Latest version AICC. Made some simple 16pt strokes, changed a few to a transparent percentage. Now I can't change them back. They seem to be now 100% at that level of transparency. Bug?

[tromboniator]

What does the Appearance panel show with that path selected?

[sonofmrsnak]

I ended up redrawing the offending strokes, so just went back to try and recreate, and this is what I got after changing transparency.

Why are both Appearance and Transparency not the same? Is this a new "feature"?

[tromboniator · Accepted solution]

There is nothing new here. In the Appearance panel you have the Opacity of the stroke highlighted, and it is set to the default, which is 100%, The Transparency panel is showing the correct figure for the opacity of the stroke. BUT: At the bottom of the Appearance panel (which is not highlighted, and therefore not showing in the Transparency panel) the opacity for the entire path, stroke and fill, ​is set to 47%, and that is what appears in your document.

[sonofmrsnak]

Curious why in all my years of AI, I've never had to make that differentiation. Clearly, in that first and recreated incident, I must have changed the appearance selection. Did not do that the first time, but I was adjusting the transparency of the images below often. Who the heck knows? 😉 Thanks for clarifying.

[tromboniator]

You're welcome. Yes, I've confused myself more than once in the Appearance panel.

Peter