This is one of the blend modes you can apply to layers in Photoshop, Elements and other image-editing programs. It can be used to adjust image contrast, or to apply dodging and burning techniques in a non-destructive way. The basic science [...]
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Layers are a way of combining images, text and shapes in Photoshop, Elements and other image-editing programs. There are different types of layer and different ways of combining them. The annotation below offers a guide to the main features.
1. This is [...]
A way of blending image layers in Photoshop which combines the brightness values in one layer to those of the layer below to produce a net lightening effect. The maths in blend modes can be confusing – the significant fact is [...]
A way of blending image layers in Photoshop. This mode multiplies the pixel values of one layer with those of the layer below to produce a net darkening effect. It’s analogous to sandwiching two slides together in a slide projector. There’s [...]
Blend modes control the way different layers in a composite image interact. This can prove very useful for more advanced image-editing techniques. In ‘Normal’ mode, one layer simply overlays and obscures the one below. In the other modes, the pixel values [...]