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The LaTeX Beamer class offers a transparent overlay (\setbeamercovered{transparent}) which makes the following items a bit transparent. The items that were already shown stay at full opacity. In order to focus the listener's attention on the current item, I would prefer to have both the following and the already discussed items made transparent and only the current point displayed with full opacity.


Slide 1

- Foo
- Bar (opacity: 0.5)
- Ham (opacity: 0.5)
- Eggs (opacity: 0.5)

Slide 2

- Foo (opacity: 0.5)
- Bar
- Ham (opacity: 0.5)
- Eggs (opacity: 0.5)

Slide 3

- Foo (opacity: 0.5)
- Bar (opacity: 0.5)
- Ham
- Eggs (opacity: 0.5)

Slide 4

- Foo (opacity: 0.5)
- Bar (opacity: 0.5)
- Ham (opacity: 0.5)
- Eggs

How could I achieve this?

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You can highlight the current item only with [<+>]:

\documentclass{beamer}

\setbeamercovered{transparent}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\begin{itemize}[<+>]
\item Duck
\item Marmot
\item Sloth
\item Bear
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}


\end{document}

enter image description here


And a little experiment just for fun:

\documentclass{beamer}

\setbeamercovered{transparent}
\usepackage{tikzducks,tikzlings}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\begin{itemize}[<+>]
\item \alt<.>{\tikz[scale=0.2]{\duck}}{Duck}
\item \alt<.>{\tikz[scale=0.2]{\marmot}}{Marmot}
\item \alt<.>{\tikz[scale=0.2]{\sloth}}{Sloth}
\item \alt<.>{\tikz[scale=0.2]{\bear}}{Bear}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}


\end{document}

enter image description here

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  • Ha Ha the Dr. Zeus eggs and ham changed before my eyes into ducks and marmots
    – user170109
    Mar 19, 2019 at 12:11
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    :) shall I replace the marmot with the tikzpig, so that eggs and ham transform to duck and pig? Mar 19, 2019 at 12:20
  • :-) I was intrigued if you can over write a word with an include \tikzling at the time of itemize ?
    – user170109
    Mar 19, 2019 at 12:22
  • something like you did here tex.stackexchange.com/questions/424011/…
    – user170109
    Mar 19, 2019 at 12:40
  • @KJO That's just proof of concept, I'm sure this can be further automated :) Mar 19, 2019 at 12:42

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