Title: Background image transparency not working
Last modified: February 22, 2018

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# Background image transparency not working

 *  [mechx1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechx1/)
 * (@mechx1)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-transparency-not-working/)
 * I have set background transparency using the slide controls, and inspection shows
   that the code is there, but it is not working. Our Theme is Avia from Enfold
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbackground-image-transparency-not-working%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [simonpedge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simonpedge/)
 * (@simonpedge)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-transparency-not-working/#post-10009681)
 * Sorry, I cannot view that page – it is password protected.
 *  Thread Starter [mechx1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechx1/)
 * (@mechx1)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-transparency-not-working/#post-10010625)
 * Thank you for your response, is there a way that I can send you an access combo?
 *  Plugin Author [simonpedge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simonpedge/)
 * (@simonpedge)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-transparency-not-working/#post-10011956)
 * You can send me an email by completing the contact form at the bottom of this
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 *  Plugin Author [simonpedge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simonpedge/)
 * (@simonpedge)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-transparency-not-working/#post-10014329)
 * Hi, there is not actually an option within CSS to set the transparency of a ‘
   background-image’ as far as I’m aware. You can set the transparency for a background
   colour, e.g.
    background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.5)
 * You can set transparency for normal images ( tag) using CSS ‘opacity’, but this
   cannot be done for background images. You can set the opacity for the whole slide
   container using this:
    `#SLIDER_ID .owl-stage .owl-item .sa_hover_container {
   opacity:0.5 !important; }` (replace #SLIDER_ID with your slider ID) But this 
   also make the foreground content opaque.
 * My suggestion would be to convert the background images to PNG format, and edit
   them within an image editor, making the images semi-transparent.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-transparency-not-working/#post-10014329)
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