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Fireworks has a neat feaure where you can take a bitmap and set a filter 'Convert to Alpha' such that it becomes a transparent greyscale. &nbsp;You can then put this image over the top of another coloured component such that it picks up the underlying colour. &nbsp;Does anyone know whether it's possible to do the same in Illustrator?
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Fireworks has a neat feaure where you can take a bitmap and set a filter 'Convert to Alpha' such that it becomes a transparent greyscale.  You can then put this image over the top of another coloured component such that it picks up the underlying colour.  Does anyone know whether it's possible to do the same in Illustrator?

Alpha overlay in Illustrator

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