Opacity Slider doing nothing

[CYB]

Hi there!

 

I've just downloaded the trial for Affinity Photo for Windows, and am planning to buy it sometime soon.

 

I've been trying to fade an image that is on top of another as an overlay (so an image that is partially visible, on top of another image), but finding the opacity slider isn't working.  I then tried using the transparency tool, but found that it doesn't exist on my download.  I'm sure I'm not doing anything wrong, but there might be something I haven't realised.

 

Could someone point me in the right direction please?

 

Thanks heaps everyone!

[R C-R]

Are you sure you have downloaded the Affinity Photo trial & not the Affinity Designer one? Designer has a Transparency tool (its icon looks like a wine glass) that works only on objects. The closest thing to that in Photo is the Gradient tool, but it works differently.

[MEB]

Hi CYB,

Welcome to Affinity Forums

To fade an image evenly over another image, go to the Layers panel, select the layer corresponding to the image that's on top and change the Opacity using the control on the top of the Layers panel.

If you want to fade it with a varying degree of opacity (from opaque to transparent as if it was a gradient) you have to use a mask. Masks control the opacity of the layers they are attached to (or of the layers below them if they are not attached (nested) to a specific layer). In this video clip (no sound) i'm using a Fill Layer with a gradient as a mask attached (nested) to the top layer to control its opacity. Changing the opacity of the gradient stops (and their position on canvas) lets you fine control the transition between the two images.

[CYB]

Thanks R C-R!

 

Thanks also MEB!  I have been trying your first method already, but it has not been working. 

[MEB]

Hi CYB,

Can you take a screenshot of the application with the Layers panel/layer structure visible and the layer you want to reduce the opacity selected so we can see what's going on?

Thanks.

[Bri-Toon]

It might be a dumb question, but are you adjusting the right opacity slider? There are two of them. One is in the Color tab (doesn't work on images). The other is in the Layers tab. Both are also very close to each other.

[CYB]

Thanks so much everyone!  It was Bri-Toon's answer that solved my problem in the end.  I didn't notice the other Opacity.  I feel so stupid.  Thanks again Bri-Toon!

[Bri-Toon]

Not a problem. If you by any chance came from the Serif Plus range, then you are right that there was originally one slider.