Lower the opacity of a background-image with CSS

Опубликовано: 10 Февраль 2025
на канале: Kevin Powell
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We can play with the opacity of colors by changing the alpha value of them very easily, but with background-images, we’re a little more stuck with what we have… or are we?


⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - the first thing people usually try
1:32 - creating the pseudo-element
4:38 - putting the background-image on the pseudo-element
5:08 - making it more maintainable


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