Opacity in GIMP

[Wolfstorm321]

How do you set the opacity of objects in GIMP? What values do you recommend?

I'm using 60% but it seems this stag got too bright:

[TheBlackSwan]

Truth in Advertising, I am not an expert, by any stretch of the imagination, but I have fiddled about a bit and had a few little successes. 

Last time I attempted such a thing, i used two layers, with the logo in one, and the armor piece in the other (logon in top).

I then fiddled with the saturation and transparency of the logo layer until i got the combined image looking like I wanted.  I them merged down and exported the combined image to the appropriate file type (.dds in my case)   I then un-did the merge to get two layers back just in case it didn't look right (I had the exported .DDS file if they did).  It took me  few tries (ok, more than a few) but I eventually got what I was looking for. 

Good Luck.

[RabidGears]

You can change the opacity on the layer in the layers tab. You said that you set it to 60%. Does that mean that it looked right in Gimp but doesn't look right in game? If so, then it could be that it didn't apply the opacity when exporting. You can use the Copy Visible option (Edit->Copy Visible) to make a copy of the entire image then paste it into a new layer. Put that new layer at the top of the layer stack and export it. There's no need to merge your layers.

Edit: I forgot to ask: You are using separate layers when working right? One for the background and another for the logo (which has the 60% opacity) or something similar to that setup?

Edited January 4, 2020 by RabidGears

[Wolfstorm321]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm pasting the symbol into the texture, which creates a new layer. Then I merge them with ctrl+M.