I've successfully marked a picture with preview. The only part left is to make that mark transparent so it doesn't block the whole picture. How do I do that?
Here's an example of what I'm trying to accomplish:
The "highlight" I am getting is this:
As you can see, the red marking I am trying to put over the picture is blocking everything, and I am not able to "see through" the marking. I hope it's more clear now. 🙂
Best Answer
In Yosemite Preview:
Here are a couple of screenshots of the Preview window showing what I did:
That's after steps 1 and 2, and I dragged the new rectangle to the right so you can see initially it's completely opaque. The Markup toolbar is the toolbar directly above the image itself.
This is after step 4, where I used the color picker to change the color to green with a 50% opacity. I also removed the outline stroke using the 3rd icon form the right in the Markup toolbar. In the Markup toolbar, you can see the second and third icons from the right changed to reflect the new settings.
That's the color picker you get after you choose Show Colors... from the fill icon in the Markup toolbar. Note that the picker itself might be different depending on which one you last used, but all I've seen have Opacity at the bottom. You can change the picker itself using the icons at the top.