my header images look watered down. I set the opacity to 60%, so I suspect that’s why this is happening, but for some reason it’s not happening on the site I’m trying to replicate with the exact same settings.
my site: http://webdev.edulence.com/getchell/
their site: http://getchellcompanies.com
Instead of using opacity, use RGBa – alpha channel on the element instead.
See: http://www.css3.info/introduction-opacity-rgba