What is the difference between opacity and fill: In photoshop in the Layer adjustments what is the difference between opacity and fill. To my untrained eye they seem to do about the...

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

In photoshop in the Layer adjustments what is the difference between opacity and fill. To my untrained eye they seem to do about the same thing.

10MPlayer Loc: California

Country's Mama wrote:

In photoshop in the Layer adjustments what is the difference between opacity and fill. To my untrained eye they seem to do about the same thing.

Hard for me to explain but this guy does a great job of it.

Check out Chapter 9, Layer Opacity and Layer Fill:
https://www.adobeknowhow.com/courselanding/adobe-photoshop-cc-tutorials-beginners#chapterList

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

10MPlayer wrote:

Hard for me to explain but this guy does a great job of it.

Check out Chapter 9, Layer Opacity and Layer Fill:
https://www.adobeknowhow.com/courselanding/adobe-photoshop-cc-tutorials-beginners#chapterList

Thank you! I have googled this and never found an answer. What a great explanation.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Adobe PhotoShop Tutorial, Chapter 9, Layer Opacity and Layer Fill:
http://www.adobeknowhow.com/courselanding/adobe-photoshop-cc-tutorials-beginners#chapterList

plessner Loc: North Dakota

looks like something I need to read and study too
thanks Nikonian

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Country, I was taught that the Opacity is how hard the pen would be pushing on a paper if we were coloring, and the fill was the amount of ink that you wanted to use. Simple for me to remember. Here is an article I found to help with what they do and their differences. Gary http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/layers/opacity-vs-fill/

Country's Mama wrote:

In photoshop in the Layer adjustments what is the difference between opacity and fill. To my untrained eye they seem to do about the same thing.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Nikonian72 wrote:

Adobe PhotoShop Tutorial, Chapter 9, Layer Opacity and Layer Fill:
http://www.adobeknowhow.com/courselanding/adobe-photoshop-cc-tutorials-beginners#chapterList

Thanks for this link. There are tons of other stuff in there and the presenter is the best of the bunch.

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

Thanks everyone. I just could never figure out what the difference was between the two. The tutorials were very helpful.

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

gwong1 wrote:

Country, I was taught that the Opacity is how hard the pen would be pushing on a paper if we were coloring, and the fill was the amount of ink that you wanted to use. Simple for me to remember. Here is an article I found to help with what they do and their differences. Gary http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/layers/opacity-vs-fill/

To the point and thanks for posting the link.