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Composite elements with blend modes - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop: Creative Video Compositing
Composite elements with blend modes
- [Instructor] Blending modes are one of the most useful Photoshop features for creative effects as well as for compositing. Certain tonal values, namely black, white and middle gray will act as neutral colors for some blending modes, meaning that they're not visible when a particular blending mode is applied. When the tones in the layer are just right, this can be used to quickly blend elements together without the need for a precise mask. So in this example, what I'm going to be doing is to take you through a quick tour of the blend modes menu with a focus on those blending modes that work best for compositing. I'm not going to be talking about what every single blend mode does because I just wanna cut to the chase and show you the best blending modes that are the most useful for combining images. So I have a file here that is a photograph of a book by the edge of a river and we will be revisiting this river in future projects and above that I have a circular graphic to which I have…
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