Just change the opacity. It’s in the layers palette.
Bob
CTRL+U (Lightness to between 90 & 95)
Or
CTRL+J (To duplicate the background)
Press the number 1 on your keyboard to set the opacity to 10 ALT+[ (To select the background layer)
Shift+F5 (To fill the background layer with white)
These are just a couple of the many ways to get the same effect.
Edit: Like Bob said.
Thanks Bob and Photo. I’ve been experimenting myself but rather than guessing I thought it’s better to have the pros viewpoint on this.
Gordon
One more question please. On the Layers pallet, the original photograph (on Layer 1) has the Opacity info grayed out. I dragged this layer down to "Duplicate Layer" and then turned the visibility off on Layer 1 to manipulate the opacity in the Duplicate Layer. Is this the right way to do it or am I heading in the wrong direction. Thanks.
Gordon
Gordon – I don’t know if it is the case here but to adjust a layer there is (usually) a double toggle.
The Layer should be active (1) and viewed (2) (in practical terms in the Layers Pallet – the layer has an ‘eye’ and is shaded (default is blue) in the layers stack)
Thanks deebs. I am basically familiar with those items, but on the original layer there is a lock on it and the Opacity (above it) is grayed out so you can’t adjust it. If I click on this original layer and drag it on to "Create New Layer" it makes a copy on a "second" layer that is now adjustable using the Opacity settings at top (they’re activated). I’m wondering if I just adjust the Opacity on this new Background layer and then delete the old, original layer? Thanks again.
Gordon
I think the Background layer is default locked for a reason
I too use the duplicate layer for working on and on a few occasions have been thankful that the Background has been locked
You could also double click on the background layer to turn it into a regular layer that you can adjust opacity on.
I, for one, am grateful for the default lock on Background
Sometimes like several layers down the road it can be really handy to have the original untouched image way down there at the foot of a stack (IMHO)
You can always ghost the image in InDesign
Please how?
Marcel
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You can always ghost the image in InDesign
