Mysterious tool that gets rid of white backgrounds

Hi, I've been searching the net for an answer to this question...
At my last place of work I was using CS4 and often utilised an awesome tool in Indesign that effectively got rid of any white parts of an image with just a click. It wasn't permanent, it was more like an effect when the image got blended into whatever was behind it. Whites disapperared completely but other colours remained in various stages of transparency. It worked best for graphic black and white images when you wanted to get rid of a white background of an intricate illustration.
I didn't use Indesign for a few months and forgot what it was called, and now I use CS5 and can't find it. Please tell me that sounds familiar to someone because I'm starting to think I imagined the whole thing!
Thanks,
Jess

Hi Jess, try going to the effects panel and seeting it to "Multiply". It is a bit of a mysterious tool, it sometimes works fine, and as you say sometimes doesn't work perfectly but has varying degrees of transparency, which depending on your POV is "working" or not. I've enjoyed showing many people the seemingly magical effect it has when it does work though!

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