# Picture command - change level of visibility?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/picture-command-change-level-of-visibility/199403>\
**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [February 11, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/picture-command-change-level-of-visibility/199403 "2025-02-11T16:32:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![deurton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/deurton/32/648952_2.png) [@deurton](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/deurton)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/picture-command-change-level-of-visibility/199403/1 "2025-02-11T16:32:47Z")

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I’ve been using Rhino for 13 years and always wished I could change the level of translucency on an imported picture (plane) so I could trace dark images better. I’m trying to trace an image of truss a vendor sent and the lines are so bold - are we able to change the transparency?

 ![traceissue](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/a/7/f/a7fe9a149fe4fd081d57b8d5789b941b5e680a43.png)

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**Author:** ![JimCarruthers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jimcarruthers/32/504725_2.png) [@JimCarruthers](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/JimCarruthers)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/picture-command-change-level-of-visibility/199403/2 "2025-02-11T16:34:46Z")

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You can change the transparency under the Material tab.

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**Author:** ![deurton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/deurton/32/648952_2.png) [@deurton](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/deurton)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/picture-command-change-level-of-visibility/199403/3 "2025-02-11T17:57:41Z")

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Thank you. : ) After checking that out, I played with other transparency controls and realized with some experimentation, you can quickly simply an image to make it even easier to trace. Nice work!