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DeathArtist
06-21-2007, 02:52 AM
Hey CGTalk, I have a question about Low Opacities on Photoshop. When you're "stacking" the same colour over and over again on a certain space, is it supposed to make that space brighter or darker? For example, if I have a red colour set at 20% Opacity and kept colouring the same area over and over again, would it look darker or lighter? Help would be appreciated.

-DA
Lunatique
06-22-2007, 12:31 AM
opacity is just the level of visibility of the pixels--there's no darker or lighter, only more visible. So depending on your background color, it can be both darker or brighter. For exmaple, if you have a black background, then your 20% opacity red will seem to get lighter as black is a much darker color than red. And it'll be the reverse if your background is white.
DeathArtist
06-24-2007, 11:06 PM
Ahhh, okay, I see what you mean. Thanks for the help Lunatique! :thumbsup:

-DA
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