Opacity of photoshop images in after effects

When I import a photoshop image into after effects, the image always has less opacity than the video. You can see through it.
I have tried every adjustmen or effect I can find to increase the opacity but nothing works. The photshop image is 100% opacity.
I have tried importing as a comp too. Can anyone tell me how to get still images into after effects so that you cant see through them? thanks John

shovel5000 wrote:
sorry you are dealing with a beginner still.
...which means that you need to begin at the beginning. AE is NOT the kind of application that lets you jump into the deep end of the pool. Your experiences with something as simple as importing a Photoshop document, and the confusion you encountered, are blindingly-clear testimony to that simple fact.
You really owe it to yourself to take advantage of the free training materials for beginners found here:
http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html

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