About the Opacity settings

A layer's opacity determines the degree to which it obscures or reveals the layer beneath it. A layer with 1% opacity is nearly transparent, while a layer with 100% opacity is entirely opaque.

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1. Select the layer. 2. In the Layers palette, use the Opacity slider or enter values into the value box to adjust the degree of the opacity. An Opacity option is also available for painting tools such as the #article:"94":"text":"Brush Tool"#, #article:"94":"text":"the Pencil Tool"#, #article:"94":"text":"the Pixel Tool"#, #article:"103":"text":"the Clone Stamp Tool"#, #article:"97":"text":"the Gradients Tool"# and #article:"96":"text":"the Paint Bucket Tool"# tools. As you reduce the tool's opacity, more transparent color is applied. **Note:** Transparent images are supported in PSD, PXM, PNG, TIFF, and GIF file formats.
  1. Select the layer.
  2. In the Layers palette, use the Opacity slider or enter values into the value box to adjust the degree of the opacity.

    An Opacity option is also available for painting tools such as the Brush Tool, the Pencil Tool, the Pixel Tool, the Clone Stamp Tool, the Gradients Tool and the Paint Bucket Tool tools. As you reduce the tool's opacity, more transparent color is applied.

    Note: Transparent images are supported in PSD, PXM, PNG, TIFF, and GIF file formats.

It's a snap to quickly extrude transparent areas from the selection. In the Layers palette, Control-click the layer thumbnail.

It's a snap to quickly extrude transparent areas from the selection. In the Layers palette, Control-click the layer thumbnail.