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CSS

williamrossi
williamrossi
6,232 Points
Posted by williamrossi
williamrossi
6,232 Points

Setting opacity in the background image

Hi guys, I was wondering if there was some css shorthand to alter the opacity in just the background image. here is what I have so far

background: $black url('/images/fashionpic.jpeg')no-repeat;

3 Answers

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,729 Points

position your div relative, and then set :after for your div absolute with a background image and an opacity. 

<style type= "text/css">
#main {
   position: relative;
  height: 300px;
}
#main:after {
    content : "";
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-image: url(http://baseballwallpapers10.net/wp-content/uploads/images/7d/cleveland-indians-0.jpg); 
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    opacity : 0.2;
    z-index: -1;
}
</style>

<body>
<div id="main">foo</div>
</body>

Live in CodePen

I did just reread your question and notice you asked specifically for a shorthand version. A shorthand version doesn't exists of yet for this.

David Wible
David Wible
7,473 Points
David Wible
David Wible
7,473 Points

Instead of a bunch of extra code. The main method is to alter the background image in photo editor. :o) But Andrew's answer is correct as well, but I do seem to remember having to add, "filter: alpha(opacity=20);" as well to get it to work in certain browsers. Editing the photo makes it work no matter what. ;O

Chris James
Chris James
19,102 Points
Chris James
Chris James
19,102 Points

Andrew this was really helpful top me, thanks!