Opacity doesn't seem to be working in InDesign

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July 25, 2019
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Hi there,

I'm having a little issue with the opacity setting in Indesign. I've placed a number of objects (images) and i want to make them transparent. However, the opacity setting doesn't seem to be doing anything - even with the slider sent all the way down to 0% opacity, the images remain relentlessly opaque. I've had a look over the related questions in this forum - I don't think it's a global colour issue, and I'm working in Typical display performance - would appreciate any other suggestions.

cheers

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Correct answer Steve Werner

InDesign version? Operating system version?

Is it just in one file, or try in a new document to see if it works there?

(1) If one document, it could be corrupted. Save as IDML and reopen to remove corruption:'

Clean corrupt files by exporting to .IDML or .INX

(2) If all files, try restoring your InDesign preferences:

Set preferences in Adobe InDesign

Humble Bard Games

New Participant

I have a student that just had this issue. She simply saved her project and closed InDesign (2022). Reopened InDesign fresh and opacity on the shape was working again.

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi genie692 ,

change to High Quality display performance and to Overprint Preview.

You should see now how transparency will affect the object.

Regards,
Uwe