Blend Mode Killer Apps
I'm compiling a list of blend mode tutorials. It is incomplete for now. I'll add to it over time.
I'm particularly interested in the 'killer app' for each blend mode, and the best way to demonstrate it. I think that any collection of tutorials that uses the same pair of images and only varies the blend mode combining them is not demonstrating each mode in the best possible way.
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The Normal Blend Modes
- Normal
Additive RGB Color Mixing using Photoshop Normal Blend Mode
Subtractive CMY Color Mixing using Photoshop Normal Blend Mode
- Dissolve
I used dissolve to create the chalky white line in this illustration
A Simulation of Additive RGB Color Mixing using the Dissolve Blend Mode
The Darken Blend Modes
- Darken
- Multiply
Multiply Blend Mode | What it is and why you need itSome Thoughts on Photoshop Multiply,
Soft Light, Overlay Blend Modes
Photoshop Screen and Multiply Blend Modes as Logic Gates
Additive Color vs Subtractive Color
Color Transparency in Computer Graphics
Colorize Black & White Art by Keymixing
Subtractive Color Mixing using Multiply, Difference and Exclusion
- Color Burn
- Darker Color
The Lighten Blend Modes
- Lighten
- Screen
Screen Blend Mode | What it is and why you need it
Photoshop Screen and Multiply Blend Modes as Logic Gates
Additive Color vs Subtractive Color
- Color Dodge
- Linear Dodge (Add)
Additive Color vs Subtractive Color
Simulating 2D Metaball Blobbies with Photoshop
Compositing Premultiplied 3D CG in Photoshop
Colorize Black & White Art by Keymixing
- Lighter Color
The Contrast Blend Modes
- Overlay
Some Thoughts on Photoshop Multiply, Soft Light, Overlay Blend Modes
Overlay and Softlight are good for non-destructive dodging and burning. Float a gray layer above your image and 'carve' it with lighter and darker grays
- Soft Light
Overlay and Softlight are good for non-destructive dodging and burning. Float a gray layer above your image and 'carve' it with lighter and darker grays
Some Thoughts on Photoshop Multiply, Soft Light, Overlay Blend Modes
- Hard Light
- Vivid Light
- Linear Light
- Pin Light
- Hard Mix
Custom Halftone Pattern in Photoshop
Hard Mix Photoshop Blend Mode Killer App
Photoshop 'hard Mix' Dual Brush
The Inversion Blend Modes
- Difference
Difference vs Exclusion Photoshop Blend Mode Killer App
Subtractive Color Mixing using Multiply, Difference and Exclusion
- Exclusion
Difference vs Exclusion Photoshop Blend Mode Killer App
Subtractive Color Mixing using Multiply, Difference and Exclusion
The Component Blend Modes
- Hue
- Saturation
- Color
- Luminosity
The Miscellaneous Blend Modes
- Divide
Transparency Mapping and Matte Lines
Compositing Premultiplied 3D CG in Photoshop
- Unmult
Transparency Mapping and Matte Lines
Compositing Premultiplied 3D CG in Photoshop
Alpha Channels
Alpha Channels | premultiplied, straight and uncorrelated
Alpha Channel as a Clipping Channel
Alpha Channel as a Holdback Matte
Image Arithmetic
Blend Modes
Compositing Premultiplied 3D CG in Photoshop
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