Lloyd Godman Layer opacity

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Photoshop techniques - layer opacity

There are various ways we can do this with text

but here is one method

open your image and duplicate the layer by right clicking on it

Switch off the background layer by clicking on the eye icon - note the layer activated is in blue -

you will notice the opacity is set on 100%

Select the text tool

We can alter the font - the size and style for this

Type in the text you want to associate with the image

Next - by right clicking on the layer we have to rasterize the text layer and turn it to an image

we don't actually use this text in the image - it just as a template for the other layers

note we have also created a second duplicate layer

Once rasterized we click on the magic wand tool which lets us select the text area -

By holding down the shift key we can select each letter - then we turn off the text layer and activate the layer below - again the one in blue

In the top or second duplicate layer adjust the opacity

Then with the selection still made invert the selection which means we select everything except the text

Then edit - cut

With the text selected we cut the text of the layer below -

This gives us a layer on top with the text set on 90% opacity and the layer below with the same area of text cut out - so one fits over the other

here is the final image -

	In this composite we aim to take the image of the broken glass door an place a transparent angel over it - here is the image of the door -
	We select the angel and copy and paste it as a layer over the top of the door
	It should look like this once pasted
	We then alter the opacity of the angel layer to give the desired effect

	The finished effect