opacity (ie alpha or transparency) is a color effect that renders a component more or less transparent.
opacity=value
where the value goes:
Opacity brings depth and is mostly used with background
With a raster image
<row>
<cell>
^ With an opacity of ''0.5'' ^
| {{:docs:block:stock_image_surfer_in_the_see.png?300&opacity=0.5}} |
</cell>
<cell>
^ Without opacity ^
| {{:docs:block:stock_image_surfer_in_the_see.png?300}} |
</cell>
</row>
Opacity is mostly used with background
Example with a slide and a background
<slide color="steelblue" text-align="center" >
<background opacity="0.3">{{:docs:block:stock_image_surfer_in_the_see.png|}}</background>
<title 2>A background with an opacity of 0.3</title>
</slide>