Explores blending options in Photoshop and shows how to use them to create sophisticated effects and seamless compositions.
- Hi, I'm Deke McClelland. Welcome to Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Advanced Blending. My detailed guide to understanding and employing the Byzantine but extremely useful network of blending options in Photoshop. I'll start by introducing you to the core concepts. What blending is, how the most important options work, as well as all the short cuts. Then we move into the specific blend modes. I show you not only uses for each of the blend modes, of which there are many, but I also try to give you a since for how the modes work and what purpose they serve.
There's no end of possible compositing scenarios and I want you to have a clear sense for what you can accomplish and how so that you're never left frustrated or scratching your head. I wrap things up by showing you how to use the luminance-exclusion slider bars, as well as the 'Blend If' option. All of which allow you to drop out or force through specific luminance levels without masking a single pixel. Now, word of warning up front. Chapter Two is all about the math.
For those of you who like and understand basic formulas, you'll find this immeasurably useful. But if you don't like math, no problem, just skip Chapter Two entirely. Don't watch a single movie. You won't miss a thing, I promise you. And with that, I turn you over to what I hope to be, the most comprehensive discussion of blending ever assembled.
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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
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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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