10. Blending Modes

A layer’s blending mode determines how its pixels blend with underlying pixels in the image. While some blending modes are practical workhorses used to solve specific problems, others can be used create a variety of special effects. One of the great things about using layer blending modes and opacity sliders is that there’s no penalty for experimentation. Blending mode and opacity changes are nondestructive, so you can experiment without harming your data.

In this chapter, we’ll demonstrate what various ...

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