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April 24, 2012
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How do you make images transparent in inDesign?

  • April 24, 2012
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How do you make images transparent in Adobe InDesign CS5.5?

Mejor respuesta de Manish-Sharma

so if I get you correct , you have the image and you want to make its background transparent....

if so, not possible use application like Photoshop or Illustartor and then import it in Indesign

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Participant
August 22, 2013

It IS possible: Select the image. Open effects (Window > Effects). Switch from "normal" to "multiply". Viola! White background is gone.

Good question jinda55.

Jongware
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Community Expert
August 22, 2013

Dittco wrote:

It IS possible: Select the image. Open effects (Window > Effects). Switch from "normal" to "multiply". Viola! White background is gone.

That only works with a white background. In addition, it introduces a transparency effect, with its associated problems.

With a rather light background: Select the image. Open clipping path (Object > Clipping Path > Options). Select Type > Detect Edges; use Threshold and Tolerance to get as close as possible to the edge of your image. This may be difficult because of a too low resolution image, or too much fringe on the edge -- if all fails, use the Inset Frame value to force the mask "into" the image. Click OK, and the background is gone.

But that's not the only way: you can always create a clipping path manually, and then you are in total control, not limited by transparency side effects, auto-edge detection, and busy backgrounds.

alexandraj89216983
Participant
August 6, 2018

Awesome thank you. I knew it must be simple as I was using a file someone else had made and the images were automatically knocking out backgrounds

Inspiring
April 24, 2012

select the image ,

Go to Objects-->effects-->Transparency , and change the opacity value.

jinda55Autor
Participant
April 24, 2012

Not what I wanted.

The white background still stays

Manish-SharmaRespuesta
Inspiring
April 24, 2012

so if I get you correct , you have the image and you want to make its background transparent....

if so, not possible use application like Photoshop or Illustartor and then import it in Indesign