Opacity Slider on a layer not working

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
February 6, 2019
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I have just spent ages with Adobe support trying to rectify this problem but anytime I want to reduce the opacity of a layer the slider is not working. I have tried by making new layers of the original image but its still not letting me do it. Anyone have any answers to this? I have just updated to PS 2019.

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Lumigraphics

Legend

Change the blend mode to Multiply and move the slider. This will show you if it is working. Normal blend mode, you won't know if it is.

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Katie Houghton

Inspiring

Can you try this under another user? I assume you reset your preferences.

macgillAuthor

Participating Frequently

yes I reset preferences Katie.

davescm

Community Expert

Hang on, in your previous screenshot, post 6, you have two identical layers. If you turn the upper layer opacity down, the identical lower layer will now be visible but the net effect will look like nothing happened. What happens if you turn off the visibility of the lower layer (eye icon)

Dave

Sahil.Chawla

Community Manager

Hi Macgill,

Sorry to hear that, could you please try enabling "Legacy compositing" located in Photoshop's Preferences > Performance, then relaunch Photoshop and let us know if it helps?

Regards,
Sahil

macgillAuthor

Participating Frequently

just tried that and its still not working! very frustrated......... what should be a 2 second job for me has turned into a nightmare!

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Anonymous

Hi

Can you post a screenshot with all the pertinent panels opened, also have you tried resetting Photoshop preferences

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