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Practical_Photoshop__Issue_77__August_2017

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1. SCREEN<br />

2. HARD MIX<br />

3. SOFT LIGHT<br />

4. SUBTRACT<br />

USE BLEND MODES<br />

As well as blending layers with Opacity, you<br />

can also try using the Blend Mode dropdown<br />

at the top of the Layers panel, which gives<br />

you 26 different ways to blend a layer with<br />

the layers below. Each blend mode is an<br />

algorithm that compares the pixel values on<br />

the selected layer and the layers below - for<br />

example, the Screen mode adds together the<br />

brightness values of the pixels on the blend<br />

layer with the corresponding pixels on the<br />

layers below, resulting in a double-exposure<br />

effect. It’s not always obvious which mode to<br />

choose, so it’s worth cycling through (Shiftplus<br />

or shift-minus) to see what works.

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