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Stacking blending modes together

Stacking blending modes together - Photoshop Tutorial

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Stacking blending modes together

This movie in a way is a bit of a continuation from the previous movie. Why I introduced you to the concept of how you can stack multiple blending modes together in order to create a unique look. Well, here we're going to do something similar, but I also want to highlight a few differences between a couple of blending modes that you might want to use. Now, in the previous movie, I mentioned how you can duplicate your layers or you can use Adjustment layers and apply the blending modes to those layers. Now, either technique works, there isn't one which is better than another. So, here, in this movie, I'm simply going to copy my Background layer. So, I'll press Cmd+J in order to copy it. And this layer I'm going to go ahead and name screen. Next, from my Blending Mode Pull-down menu, I'll choose the Screen Blending Mode. This allows me to brighten the image. And in this case, you can see that it's bringing out some of the detail. And what I'm going to do next is bring that back down or…

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