Shape tool transparent background issue

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Joe Berry
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Shape tool transparent background issue

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I added a circle shape to an image, applied a border thickness of 4 points, applied a fill color, and I appled the transparency setting. However, I noticed the whole circular object goes transparent. Is there a way to ONLY make the circle object's fill color transparent without effecting the circle object's border color?

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Joe,

For a completely transparent fill you just deselect the [ ] Shape is Filled checkbox in the Shape Style tab of the shape object tool dialog -- but you probably know that already.

To create a partially transparent fill with a non-transparent border you need to cheat a bit. First create your partially transparent object with the partially transparent border and merge it with the background. Then create a second object and turn off both transparency and the fill. Then drag it and use the resize handles to adjust it so that it is exactly on top of the first object and then merge with the background. Voilá!

Tips: Use the cursor keys to move the object 1 pixel at a time and SHIFT + Cursor keys to resize it one pixel at a time. For more complex objects you also might want to try working with Impict, which allows you to have multiple layers of objects instead of just the background and one active object.
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Joe Berry
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Thanks Tim. I appreciate it.
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