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Using blend modes to control color and tonal adjustments

Using blend modes to control color and tonal adjustments - Photoshop Tutorial

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Using blend modes to control color and tonal adjustments

- [Instructor] One of the easiest ways to restrict the way that an adjustment layer blends with the layers below is by using blend modes. Typically Photoshop's fill and adjustment layers affect both the colors and the luminosity values in an image. However, there are times when we want to isolate the effects of the adjustment to just a single component, like hue, saturation, or luminosity or color. So in this first example it's probably the most obvious. I want to add a color wash over the image. From the bottom of the layers panel I'll choose gradient. And I'll select a gradient from the presets here. This is a gradient that I previously created. And then click OK in order to apply it. However, we can't see the luminosity values of the layer underneath. So from the layers panel I'll change the blend mode to color. Now I actually want to reverse that gradient so I can double-click on it, and then just choose reverse.…

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