If I drag the slider to the left, the number becomes less than 100, which means the image layer now contains a percentage of transparency. By default, the slider is set to 100 – which means it has 100% opacity or is totally opaque. For example, if I click on the Model in Red Chair layer (denoted by the green arrow), I can use the opacity slider at the top of the Layers panel (red arrow) to adjust the overall opacity of this layer. There are a couple of ways to tinker with the transparency of a layer, with the results depending on how you are interacting with a layer’s transparency. Adjusting Layer Transparency with the Opacity Slider This layer also does not contain transparency.
The third layer is our Background layer, which is also totally opaque but is filled with the color white.
The second layer is an image – titled “Model in Red Chair,” which is totally opaque and does not contain transparency (more on that in a second). The first layer is Layer 1 – which is at the top of my layer stack and is a totally transparent layer. To better understand this concept of transparency, I have three layers open in my composition (highlighted in green in the photo above). This is an important concept because transparent layers allow designs to be more intricate and contain more depth, and also allow compositions to be saved without backgrounds. As has already been discussed briefly in this series, layers can contain transparency to a varying degree, or they can be totally opaque.
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