$(document).ready(function(){ $(".thumbs img").fadeTo("slow", 0.6); // This sets the opacity of the thumbs to fade down to 60% when the page loads $(".thumbs img").hover(function(){ $(this).fadeTo("slow", 1.0); // This should set the opacity to 100% on hover },function(){ $(this).fadeTo("slow", 0.6); // This should set the opacity back to 60% on mouseout }); });