Blend Mode - Saturation
The Sunbeam image, at the top of the page shows
the blend mode, Saturation,
applied to the layer
containing a copy of the butterfly which was extracted
from the Mariposa Apples picture.
The butterfly (Mariposa Apples) image shows the
same blend mode applied to a layer containing
a copy of the girl that was extracted from the Sunbeam
image.
Layers that have been blended with these blend
modes, particularly Hue, Saturation, and Color,
can be hard to see, so you may have to look closely
to find what they are doing.
The blend modes Pin Light, Difference, Exclusion, Hue,
Saturation, Color, and Luminosity, are not of any
use on a blend with identical content, therefore I have
copied portions of the two images onto each other.
The remainder of the blend modes, Darken, Multiply,
Color Burn, Linear Burn, Lighten, Screen, Color
Dodge, Linear Dodge, Overlay, Soft Light, Hard
Light, Vivid Light and Linear Light will work on
layers containing identical content (such as duplicate
layers or portions of layer) and I have used a different
layers configuration to illustrate those blend modes.
Please see the illustrations and explanation, below,
of how the images shown here were set up.
The Layers palette on the left, above, shows how the first image, Sunbeam, was created. I copied the butterfly, from the Mariposa Apples picture, to a layer above that image, and then applied blend modes to the butterfly’s layer. Wherever the copied portion overlaps the original image, you will see the effect of the applied blend mode. Wherever the top layer is transparent, you will see the Sunbeam image, unaffected by the blend mode.
The Layers palette on the right above, shows how the butterfly (Mariposa Apples) image was created. In this case, I extracted the girl from the Sunbeam picture, and dragged her onto the butterfly image. I then applied blend modes to the girl’s layer.
Next blend mode
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