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The Transparency profile dialog
Handle/resolution
If you have a handle selected, this box tells you what handle it is. With no handles
selected, and when using a bitmap transparency, it controls the DPI.
Bitmaps
BITMAP & FILL GALLERIES are described in Photo Handling (on page 350) and Fills (on
page 296).
When you select a transparency type of BITMAP, a default bitmap is initially used. Click on
BITMAP NAME in the transparency InfoBar, or use the BITMAP or FILL GALLERIES to change
the bitmap used (click the TRANSP button in the gallery or drag-and-drop from the
gallery).
By default, the lighter colors in a bitmap are the most transparent (you can, of course,
alter the relative amounts of transparency later).
Applying transparency to several objects
If you group objects and apply transparency, the whole group is treated as one object
and the entire group is made transparent. But if the objects are not grouped and you
