photoshop@kreativsolutions: Fill and Opacity in layer palette

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Fill and Opacity in layer palette

The fill and opacity of the layer content determines not only appearance but also how the layers blend with each other. Beside that, they also determine how the layer effects interact with the layer content. Although you can control the opacity with the Opacity slider which located at the top of the Layers palette) or from the Layer Styles dialog box, the fill levels can be controlled with the Fill command. When you lower the fill level, any effects (Layer Styles) are unaffected. A simple sample tutorial has shown as below: