How to Change Transparency in Google Drawings

Expecting that a drawing tool offers photo editing features is devilish. But when the tool comes from Google, nothing stops our imagination. Fortunately, Google meets our expectations and does not disappoint sometimes. And this feature can be as simple as trimming a photo or changing the transparency of images and shapes in Google Drawings.

In addition to offering adjustable transparency, Drawings also provides other editing features such as size, color settings, shadows and highlights. The transparency function is different for shapes and images. In addition, it is buried in such a way as to make access and its use difficult.

That's why we will help you. Here, you'll learn how to edit the transparency of images and shapes in Google Drawings (and in Google Docs).

Let's start.

Make a picture transparent in Google Drawings

Here are the steps to follow to get the same thing in Google Drawings.

Step 1: Access your drawing on the Google Drawings website.

2nd step: Right-click your image and select the format options. You can also click once on the image, then click Format on the top toolbar and choose the format options.

Step 3: The Format Options window will open on the right side. Click on the adjustments. You will find the Transparency slider here. Drag it to the right to change the transparency level of your image. Easy, right?

Change the transparency of shapes in Google Drawings

The above method to change the opacity does not work for shapes. Here are the steps to adjust the transparency of shapes in Google Drawings.

1. Make the border transparent

First, add your shape to the drawing. The shapes usually have a border around them. You must start by making the border transparent. You can also skip this step if you want the border to remain intact.

To make the border transparent, click on the shape and then on the color icon of the border (which looks like a pencil) in the toolbar at the top. Tap the Transparent option to make it completely transparent.

You will notice that the border disappears from the shape.

2. Adjust the transparency of the shape

Then, to adjust the transparency of the actual shape, click the fill color icon (which looks like a paint bucket) present in the top bar next to the border color icon.

Wonders of transparency

Changing the transparency of images and shapes is convenient for adding watermarks, merging images, merging an image and shape, and so on. After all, it depends on how you use the powers of Google Drawings for your work.

Then: Google Docs is a great tool for creating calendars. Read our guide to create one easily by clicking on the link below.