Transparency gradient on images like in InDesign

[Marco Romano]

One thing that has always been missing in Illustrator is the ability to apply transparency directly to the image and at the same time be able to apply a gradient to that transparency, modulating its intensity, exactly as you can do in InDesign where I can calibrate the intensity of the image's transparency with a gradient, blurring it as desired... is it possible to have this feature in Illustrator?

[Monika Gause]

Are you referring to opacity masks?

Or just setting the opacity of a gradient stop?

Applying Gaussian blur?

[Marco Romano]

Yes I'm refering to gradient the opacity mask of an image just like what I can do in InDesign using the effect (attached). In AI I can gradient every colured poligon but not an image

[Monika Gause]

Can you please show a sketch or something that you want to achieve?

[Marco Romano]

This is an example (rebuilt in InDesign) of what I would like to achieve in Illustrator. On the two images I applied a gradient transparency with different values.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

You can do that with opacity masks. YOu need rectangles with gradients (black and white). Then select gradient and image and in the transparency panel: Make Mask.

More intuitive, but not for free: with the plugin Texturino

[Marco Romano]

Ok, thanks a loto for help!
I'll try both solutions you suggest.
Thanks