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Class InDesign #27: Photo Effect: Opacity, Blending Mode Multiply, Drop Shadow, and Polaroid Style

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InDesign Tutorial: photo effects, Effects panel, opacity, blending mode Multiply, Drop Shadow, polaroid-style photo. Episode 27 of the Complete Adobe InDesign Series.

Software: Adobe InDesign
Level: Beginner
Duration: ± 4 min
Series total: 6 h 7 min · 104 videos
Published: October 28, 2026

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Introduction

This is what we'll create in this episode, a polaroid-style photo collage complete with soft shadows, as well as a background photo colored using the Multiply blending mode. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe InDesign series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. InDesign's transparency effect works directly on the object without altering the original photo file, so it's always editable again.

Step 1: Effects Panel

Open the collage file. Open the effects panel from DOP. Here are the options for blending mode, opacity, and the list of object parts, objects, strokes, fills, and text. Effects can be applied to the entire object or only to specific parts.

Step 2: Multiply on Background Photo

The beach background photo is placed on top of the Tosca color box. Select the photo and change the blending mode to Multiply. The Tosca color and the photo blend like stacked ink, creating a harmonized color tone that matches the design theme. Select the first photo in the collage.

Step 3: Polaroid Frame

Apply a paper-colored stroke with a thickness of 8 points to make it look like a printed photo frame. Then rotate it -4 degrees in the control panel. With the photo still selected, open Object, Effects, Drop Shadow.

Step 4: Drop Shadow

Set the distance to 2 mm, size to 3 mm, and opacity to 60%. The soft shadow makes the photo appear as if floating above the paper. To make other photos have the same effect, use the Eyedropper tool,

Step 5: Copy Effect

select the second photo, then click the first photo with the Eyedropper. The stroke and effects are copied. Rotate the second photo 5 degrees in the opposite direction for a natural look.

Step 6: Effect Can Still Be Edited

The FX icon in the Layers and Effects panel indicates that the object has effects. Double-click the icon to change its settings anytime. The original photo never changes.

Done!

Done. We've used the effects panel, multiply blending mode, stroke as a polaroid frame, rotation, drop shadow, and copied the effect with the eyedropper. In the next module, we'll start working with text and text frames. Need a magazine layout, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as InDesign courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series? 104 episodes from the interface to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, exercise files, and project files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy a single class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com. Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com. Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode. Thank you for watching,

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0:03Introduction

0:31Step 1: Effects Panel

0:49Step 2: Multiply on Background Photo

1:10Step 3: Polaroid Frame

1:27Step 4: Drop Shadow

1:41Step 5: Copy Effect

1:55Step 6: Effect Can Still Be Edited

2:09Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:31Step 1: Effects Panel

0:49Step 2: Multiply on Background Photo

1:10Step 3: Polaroid Frame

1:27Step 4: Drop Shadow

1:41Step 5: Copy Effect

1:55Step 6: Effect Can Still Be Edited

2:09Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: Effects Panel

Step 2: Multiply on Background Photo

Step 3: Polaroid Frame

Step 4: Drop Shadow

Step 5: Copy Effect

Step 6: Effect Can Still Be Edited

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: Effects Panel

Step 2: Multiply on Background Photo

Step 3: Polaroid Frame

Step 4: Drop Shadow

Step 5: Copy Effect

Step 6: Effect Can Still Be Edited

Done!