Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Making dark line art bright, part of Advanced Photoshop: Blending, Masking, and Compositing.
In this exercise I'll show you how to take those black and white scanned line…art elements that I showed you how to integrate in the previous chapter and…we'll turn them into bright design elements using the Screen mode.…Over here in the Layers panel I'll click on the signature layer which is my…signature down here in the lower right corner and then I'll Shift+Click on the…logo layer, so they're both selected.…Now I will right-click inside the image window and choose Duplicate Layers.…I'll change the document to Dramatic portrait.psd and then click OK. All right!…Now let's switch over to that file.…
Notice that the scanned line art integrates seamlessly into our dark…composition, but wouldn't it be better if the logo and the signature were…bright instead of dark.…So I'm going to start things off by clicking on the signature layer to make it…active and then I'll go up to the Image window, choose Adjustments and choose…the Invert command or I could just press Ctrl+I or Command+I on the Mac, that…
Author
Deke McClelland
Released
11/28/2011- Assembling dynamic Dissolve effects
- Filling and stroking with Behind and Clear
- Cleaning up and compositing scanned line art
- Understanding the darken, lighten, and contrast modes
- Refining a mask with Multiply and Screen
- Creating a glowing, soft-focus effect
- Blending images with textures
- Comparing two seemingly identical images
- Creating type that inverts everything behind it
- Colorizing artwork with layers
- Achieving greater control with the Blend If option
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 43s
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1. The Power of Blending
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When in doubt, blend2m 20s
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27 blend modes, 6 groups4m 23s
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Opacity vs. Fill Opacity4m 41s
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The "Fill Opacity Eight"4m 59s
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Blending adjustment layers4m 43s
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2. The Revelation of Blending Math
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Contrast mode formulas7m 28s
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3. The Normal Modes
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4. The Darken Modes
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Darken vs. Darker Color4m 25s
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The Multiply and Burn modes6m 27s
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Cleaning up scanned line art7m 30s
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Colorizing comped line art5m 15s
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Masking with a darken mode3m 59s
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5. The Lighten Modes
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Lighten vs. Lighter Color2m 29s
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The Screen and Dodge modes4m 35s
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Making dark line art bright5m 11s
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Refine, filter, and blend6m 39s
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6. The Contrast Modes
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The amazing Hard Mix mode3m 51s
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Turning flesh into stone4m 48s
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7. The Inversion and Cancelation Modes
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8. The Component (HSL) Modes
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9. The Luminance Sliders
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Conclusion
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Next steps48s
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