When used at 100% opacity, the blend color will replace the base color. In this grouping, there is no Neutral color β all blend colors will effect the base colors. Note: the Fill command and the painting tools are the only ones that list the Behind and Clear Blend modes and are only available when working on layers that can have transparency. T he first group of Blend Modes (the ones at the top above the first dividing line) contains from one to four blend modes depending on the feature: Normal, Dissolve, Behind and Clear. In the third illustration, both layers are visible but with the Blend Mode for the leaves layer set to Normal, there is no blending between layers. In the second illustration, the photo of the leaves is visible. In the first illustration, the Background layer (the photo of the mountains) is visible. In this example there are two layers in the Photoshop document β the Background layer is a photo of a mountain and the top layer is a photo of leaves with three circles (black, white, and gray) added to demonstrate the effect of the Neutral color of the Blend Mode. For example, the Multiply blend mode has a Neutral color of white (white has no effect), the Screen blend mode has a Neutral color is black (black has no effect), and the Overlay blend mode has a Neutral color of 50% gray (gray has no effect). In addition, some of the blend modes have what are called Neutral colors, or colors that have no effect when they are blended. The result color is the color resulting from the blend.The blend color is the color being blended (the painting or editing color).
The base color is the original color in the image (which can be the color on a layer or a cumulative combination of layers).When using blend modes, itβs helpful to think of the effects in terms of the following three colors: Except where noted, these modes work on a per channel basis (i.e., they treat an RGB image like three grayscale images). Within each of these different areas of Photoshop, the available blend modes vary based on which modes are useful and appropriate for each command.
They can be found throughout the program in such areas as the Layers panel, Layer Styles, Painting tools, Smart Filters, the Fill, Stroke, and Fade commands, and the Apply Image and Calculations commands. A blend mode allows you to control how the pixels on one layer work with or affect (or blend with) other pixels in Photoshop.