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Transformation

Inherit Parent Opacity

Connects a layer’s opacity to its parent layer’s opacity value.

Contributed by:


(hasParent) ? parent.opacity : value;

Inherit Parent Opacity

Practical use case

Useful in lower-thirds or other animated text elements that fade in and out with the parent layer.

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