Photoshop Blend Modes

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

Creating an Outline

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

Other Web Sites

SimpelFilter - Blending Modes of Photoshop & Co