In this exercise, we're going to finish off our composition by manually…enhancing the mask and then applying some blending modifications.…Let's start things off by Alt+ Clicking or Option+Clicking on the Layer Mask…Thumbnail there in the Layers Panel and I'm going to zoom in on this guy's head…and you can see that we have some problems around his face.…So I'll grab the Brush Tool which I can get by pressing the B key of course.…Right-click inside the Image window, let's take that Hardness value down to 0%…and then I'm going to increase the size of my cursor by pressing the Right…Bracket key a few times.…
Press the X key to make sure my foreground color is Black and then I'll…paint along the edges.…Made a big huge mistake, I forgot to change the Blend Mode.…So I'll press Ctrl+Z or Command+Z on the Mac.…Press Shift+Alt+O or Shift+Option+O in order to switch the Mode to Overlay…and then try painting again, and that provides us with much better results of course.…Press the X key to switch the foreground color to White and then I'm going to…
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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