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you can add another dimension to your
limousine mask adjustments with the use
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a blending modes
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blending modes determine how any
particular layer will be blended with
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the layers below it
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there are many different blending modes
that you can experiment with
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but the main blending modes that I use
are
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multiply screen
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overlay saw flight
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color and luminosity
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we can observe the effective each of
these binding modes using the gradient
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you can change the blending mode
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anywhere both pics /a layers and
adjustment layers for now
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or use a Curves adjustment layer
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the default blending mode setting is
normal
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this doesn't apply any changes to how
the layers blended
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changing the blending mode to Multiply
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causes the layer to darken the image
shifting luminosity values toward the
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darker tones
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the screen blending mode heightens the
image shifting the luminosity values
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toward the lighter tones
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saw flight
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blending mode increases contrast
shifting luminosity biased toward both
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the darks
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and the lights but it's weighted more
towards the darks
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this produces a more subtle contrast the
overlay blending modes also increases
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contrast
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but it does some more aggressively and
ships the town's towards both the lights
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and the darks evenly producing a
brighter contrast
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I also use the color luminosity blending
modes
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but we'll need a color image to see how
they work now let's apply blending modes
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to some images just miss with luminosity
masks
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blending modes are excellent for giving
your adjustment a two-pronged approach
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I for shoes the blending mode to make a
desired luminosity adjustment that I use
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the controls of the adjustment layer to
make a second adjustment
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for example with the curves adjustment
layer and a light sleeper non-ac mask
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I can use the multiply blending mode to
darken the lights
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and then I can use the curve in the
curves adjustment layer
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to just the contrast in the lights
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I could also make a Curves adjustment
layer with the darks mask
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and use the screen
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blending mode to lighten the darks
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and then use the curve in the curves
adjustment layer
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to work with the contrast the darks
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in a low contrast image
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I could decide to generate a lights
selection
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and then create a huge saturation
adjustment layer
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with that lights mask attached and then
use the
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soft light blending mode to increase
contrast
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in the lights and then use the
saturation adjustment layer
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to increase saturation in the lights
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considering all the blending modes an
adjustment layers in Photoshop
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they're quite a few blending mode
adjustment layer combinations available
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and when you add in luminosity masks the
options become unlimited
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you can experiment with various
combinations to find ones that work best
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for you
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now demonstrate the color in them and
ask the blending modes
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we usually think
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have certain adjustments as being
luminosity adjustments and others as
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being color adjustments
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but most adjustments actually affect
both color and luminosity
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for example may use a levels adjustment
layer
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to increase contrast there's also a
boost in saturation
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and when I make you set your Asian
adjustment
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to increase the saturation
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there's also a change in contrast the
color luminosity blending modes are
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great for getting
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individual control over color and
luminosity adjustments
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me delete these two layers leaving us
with the original to
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curves adjustment layers with the lights
mask in a darts mass that we made
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previously
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a turn on the lights mask and set the
blending mode back to normal
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tunnel reset the curve
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and then use the curve to
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darken the highlights and also maintain
contrast in the highlights
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and affecting the luminosity and the
contrast but I'm also increasing
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saturation
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if I wanna do darken the highlights and
increase contrast
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without changing the color saturation I
could set the blending mode to
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luminosity
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you can see now that that's having the
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contrast and
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luminosity adjustment effect without
changing the saturation up the image
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if I want to control my
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color saturation separately I would next
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controller command click on the lights
channel and create a huge saturation
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adjustment layer and this layer I will
set to
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color and now I will only be affecting
color
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and not luminosity or contrast so now I
can work with the saturation slider
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and increase the saturation to exactly
the point that I feel
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that its cracked without adjusting
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the overall contrast the image and now I
can go back and forth
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between those two adjustments and get
just the right amount
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the contrast and darkening without
worrying about
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overdoing the saturation and I can
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further adjust the saturation and even
go into
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individual colors and I can do that
individually
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without worrying about how my color
adjustments will affect the contrast
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I is blending modes all the time and
they have many uses outside
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luminosity mass techniques as well you
can see that in conjunction with
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luminosity masks blending modes give you
another level variables and flexibility
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line for even more creativity and find
controlling your image developing