Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Vivid, Linear, and Pin Light, part of Advanced Photoshop: Blending, Masking, and Compositing.
In this exercise I'll introduce you to the next three contrast modes which are…Vivid Light, Linear Light and Pin Light.…We're looking at that combination of Multiply and Screen that is the Hard Light…mode, as you might imagine the other contrast modes are combinations of other…Darken and Lighten pairings.…For example, let's start with Color Burn and Color Dodge, I've gone ahead and…assigned Color Burn to the left hand gradient and Color Dodge to the…right-hand gradient.…We end up with these vibrant colors.…We have this smooth transition in the middle because white drops out in the case…of Color Burn and black drops out in the case of Color Dodge, right here in the…middle of the image.…
However, we end up with a lot of clipping as well.…Specifically, we're clipping the shadows to black over here on the left and…we're clipping the highlights to white on the right.…So Photoshop is seen fit to allow us to mitigate that clipping by reducing the…Fill value as opposed to the Opacity value which is why both of these modes are…
Author
Deke McClelland
Released
11/29/2011- 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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