Please Help on transparency question...

Hi, I'm not sure if this should be in advanced or basic so here it is.....

I made a crystal type shape and filled it with orange. Then I used Bevel&Emboss to make it stick out. Now, I would like to Know how to make it see through and still have its color. If it makes any difference, I am on photoshop 7.0. I also tried to drop the opacity but it didn't work to make it transparent. Well, Thanx for any help.

Oh yea, the effect I'm looking for is almost like the effect used on the banner of http://www.bluesfear.com if that gives u any ideas!

I don't know why lowering the opacity wouldn't work... That's what I would do. You could try changing the blending mode to overlay I guess.

Ok, Dropping the Opacity just dulls the color. Overlay didn't work so I still need more suggestions. Thx for any help.

Don't double-post.

What do you mean? Do you mean the post I made in Advanced Help? Well, that post I made because I didn't know which section it belonged in. Sorry for any wronging I did.

Yes, that's what I mean. It's ok. We just don't allow posting the same thing in two different sections. It clutters up the forums and results in a lot of duplicated replies and so forth.

Like I said before, the Overaly idea didn't work. Do you have any other ideas?

You could try to put a more powerfull color so..when you drop down the transparency you could end up using the color you want..

If you mean a more powerful color as in a darker color then the idea won't work because my starting color is dark orange and when I drop the opacity, it goes to a grayish brown color.