Quality of background image with 27% opacity

I am using lightroom 5 to create background image. But when I upload the book created in lightroom on to Blurb, the background image in blurb preview doesn't look like an image but a painted picture. Will the picture come out as a picture in final printed photo book or show as seen in the preview.

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dinayal January 10, 2014 04:36

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Same thing here. Background images look bad in the preview on blurb.

Markus Schlegel March 05, 2014 14:13 0 votes

Any clarification on this.? Transparencies (or background layers affected by color and layer opacity via LR's background toolbox) appear pixelated, blown out, and resemble very bad Warhols..

Jetmonkey August 04, 2014 07:38 0 votes

Same thing! My background images look way overexposed. Will they print correctly?

ABradt November 18, 2014 22:05 0 votes

Ok so I printed my book and the transparency overlays are indeed a bit unpredictable. In general they ARE more blown out. If you're using LR's book module for colored transparent overlays, you may want to try simply creating this affect in LR proper with split toning. However if you do need to use the book module's feature bc there is no workaround, then do compensate for some overexposure. My experience at least. Hope that helps..

Jetmonkey November 19, 2014 02:46 0 votes

Me too. Does anyone know if the images print as overexposed as they look in preview mode?

mknittel January 14, 2015 10:56 0 votes

Solution: Don't use preview.

AmericanNoir July 11, 2015 21:25 0 votes

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