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How opposite blend modes work

How opposite blend modes work - Photoshop Tutorial

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How opposite blend modes work

All right, this exercise may seem a little theoretical at first. But I want you to have as clear of an idea into how blend modes work as I can possibly convey. If nothing else, I want you to feel routinely confident in your use of the Multiply and Screen modes, because they are second only in utility to the Normal mode inside Photoshop. Now I'm going to convey a little bit of math to you. I know, not everybody is comfortable with math. Probably, most of you are not comfortable with math. However, I think it'll prove to be a tad bit insightful. It'll give you a sense of what's going on. But again, it's not critical. We will get to some practical Photoshop stuff in this exercise. I've gone ahead and restored the saved version of Paper pushers.psd. I'm going to twirl open this text elements group. Inside, is a nested group called blend math. Go ahead and turn it on. You will see the math behind the Multiply, Screen, and Burn and Dodge modes. So Multiply it really is straight out…

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