This wikiHow teaches you how to adjust the Opacity of a layer in Adobe Photoshop so that you can see or blur the photo on the layer(s) below it.
Step
Step 1. Open the photo you want to edit
Do it by pressing CTRL+O (Windows) or +O (Mac), select the photo you want to open, then click Open in the lower right corner of the dialog box.
Step 2. Click Windows
It's in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Step 3. Click Layers
The "Layers" menu window will appear in the lower-right corner of the Photoshop screen.
Step 4. Click Layers
It's the tab in the upper-left corner of the "Layers" menu window.
Step 5. Click on the layer
Each layer is sorted by a thumbnail at the bottom of the "Layers" menu window.
Step 6. Click ?
It's to the right of the percentage, next to Opacity, near the top of the "Layers" menu. A launcher (slider) will appear below it.
If the Opacity option is grayed out and you can't click it, first unlock the layer you selected. If a layer is locked, there will be a lock icon to the right of the layer name. To unlock the layer, just click on the lock icon
Step 7. Click-and-hold the slider arrow
Step 8. Drag the arrow to set the layer opacity
Drag the launcher arrow left to make the layer more transparent (smaller percentage) or right to make the layer more opaque (larger percentage).
If a lock icon appears on a layer, it means that the layer is fully or partially locked. If this happens, double-click on the layer and set the opacity percentage in the dialog box that appears
Tips
- If you want to experiment, just type a number manually into the box containing the opacity percentage. This method can also change the layer's opacity level.
- Photoshop will instantly change the opacity of the layer, meaning you can immediately observe the change in opacity as you slide the launcher, instead of dabbling with typing in numbers.
