Digital BW, The Print

I use layers a lot with various modes such as "soft light" 
or "overlay."  It appears that the opacity and fill sliders have 
different effects and there are times I use both in adjusting a 
layer.  The function of the opacity control is obvious, but I have no 
idea what "fill" refers to.  Am I imagining differences in effects 
between the two?  Is there a standard workflow for dealing with 
the "intensity" of layers?  I sometimes adjust opacity first and then 
make minor adjustments with the fill slider and sometimes do it the 
other way around.

Any help appreciated.

Steve

Opacity is a global transparancy adjustment, everything is changed.
Fill is a more specific adjustment. For instance if you had a layer
effect like drop shadow, opacity would affect it, but fill would only
reduce the trancparancy of the original object and leave the drop
shadow at full effect. Or create some text, apply an outer glow effect
then reduce the fill to 0% and leave just the outlines. Of course if
you use no layer styles it just acts the same as opacity.

Josh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Kobrin"
<kobrins@w...> wrote:

> 
> I use layers a lot with various modes such as "soft light" 
> or "overlay."  It appears that the opacity and fill sliders have 
> different effects and there are times I use both in adjusting a 
> layer.  The function of the opacity control is obvious, but I have no 
> idea what "fill" refers to.  Am I imagining differences in effects 
> between the two?  Is there a standard workflow for dealing with 
> the "intensity" of layers?  I sometimes adjust opacity first and then 
> make minor adjustments with the fill slider and sometimes do it the 
> other way around.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Steve