How to Adjust Opacity in Adobe Photoshop
Opacity is the amount of transparency that exists in an image. If an image has 100 percent opacity, it is not transparent at all. As you decrease the amount of opacity, it becomes more transparent. You may want to lighten an image so you can add text or another image in another layer and blend the two together.
Things You'll Need
- Adobe Photoshop 6.0 or later running on a Mac or PC
- Copy of an image for editing
Instructions
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Tips & Warnings
After the image is flattened, you can still add new text layers or other image layers.
Undo or use the History palette if you don't like the image.
Once you save the flattened image, you can't revert to the previous opacity.
Images with opacity of less than 50 percent will be "ghost" images. Sometimes, this is a good effect, but often, it just creates visual confusion.
Resources
- Photo Credit Richard Burke
Comments
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momandpopoften
Aug 03, 2008
I've always wondered how you could get that effect! Thanks!