Layer Blend Modes: Normal Blend

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Submitted by mitch on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 22:33.

URL:

http://www.thelightsright.com/TLRVideo_NormalLayerBlendingMode

Layer Blending Modes is a new video tutorial series from The Light's Right. Each of the layer blends is explored in its own short video (i.e. under 10 minutes).

Mitch describes the idea behind each of the blends and talks about their practical application. He also describes the math, for those who really want to understand how the Photoshop layer blends work.

In this first episode, the focus is on Photoshop's default layer blending mode: the Normal blend. Not really so much of a layer blending mode per se, there are still some important points to cover, such as how layer opacity works.

Click here to begin video . . .

Video details

Format(s):

Quicktime

Streaming video:

Yes

Video length:

8:10

Window size:

800 x 600

Download size (KB):

11,100.0

Author information

Author:

Glenn E. Mitchell II, Ph.D.

Author Bio:

Glenn Mitchell is an avid digital photographer, technical writer, and university administrator. He is an author with a long list of publications in trade magazines, peer-reviewed academic journals, and co-authored books. He is creative force behind The Light's Right. His photography can be seen at his gallery site: www.thelightsrightstudio.com.

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Excellent subject for tutorials.

Submitted by broby6 on Sun, 05/03/2009 - 01:15.

Another example of why this website is so useful. I've been curious about the math behind blend modes and I've seen some discussion of this elsewhere but I somehow missed the significance of the opacity setting. Great tutorial - looking forward to the rest of the series.
Bob Roby