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November 19, 2018
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Transparent stroke without using knockout?

  • November 19, 2018
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Trying to make the stroke around the green shapes transparent. But every time I do so, it eliminates the stroke weight and makes it "0". The knockout option doesn't have a shape behind them. I just want to make the stroke transparent without loosing the stroke weight. Thanks!

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Correct answer michelew83603738

You should be able to go to the appearance panel, toggle open the stroke attribute and take down the opacity to zero without it affecting the weight of the stroke at all. I've have it all the way to 3% here, but when I go to 0, the stroke still remains at 6.

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michelew83603738
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michelew83603738Community ExpertCorrect answer
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November 19, 2018

You should be able to go to the appearance panel, toggle open the stroke attribute and take down the opacity to zero without it affecting the weight of the stroke at all. I've have it all the way to 3% here, but when I go to 0, the stroke still remains at 6.

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November 30, 2018

I did try that and it did change the transparency (on the upper right two shapes). But now, regardless of what I try to make the stroke weight, the thickness stays the same. You can see the difference between the ones on the left that I had not done it too yet. I want it to still have that same weight and be transparent. Thanks again for any and all help.

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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November 30, 2018

Dropbox - Logo_Edit.eps

Yes of course, you can find the file in the link. I'm making this aperture for a logo. Made one of the objects, rotated it around a center point. All I want is for there to be transparent spacing in between each object. Right now the way I achieved that is by adding a 2pt stroke to each object. My problem is, when I adjust the transparency of the stroke, it doesn't keep the same appearance in pt thickness. I need that transparency between each individual object.


You might have applied the effect to the stroke by accident.

It needs to be applied like this:

You can just enter the stroke weight like this:

Then Expand appearance

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