I am struggling to achieve the desired effect of having an opaque image inside a transparent div. I have tried setting the opacity for both the image and the div, but it doesn't seem to be working as expected.
Here is my jsFiddle Link for reference: http://jsfiddle.net/2BNEF/10/
The goal is to make the image opaque while keeping the text visible through a transparent background.
<div id="targetframe">
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<div id="target">
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<img class="myimage" src="http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/1365552/480/trucks-photgraphy/asdf-%2858%29.jpg?v0"/>
</div>
</div>
#targetframe {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 black;
border: 2px inset grey;
font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;
left: 0;
margin: 0;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
opacity: 0.5;
}
#target {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
height: 100%;
left: 0;
position: relative;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
z-index: 0;
}
.myimage {
opacity: 1;
}