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CREATING EFFECTS WITH
SPECIAL BLEND MODES
Today, we’ll use these special blend modes to
create a unique look, while also learning how Fill
can control the actual projection of the layer with
these sets of special blend modes.STEP ONE: OPEN THE IMAGE
First, let’s open an image of a landscape in Photo
shop. As you can see, it looks like a bright, daylit
scene. What we’ll attempt to do is turn it into a
dawn or nighttime scene. If you want to follow
along with the photo used here, you may down
load the JPEG preview for free or license the
fullresolution version from Adobe Stock and save
it to your Libraries panel by clicking the Save to
Library button here.
If you’re using your own image, go to File>
Open, locate your image, and then click Open, or
if you’re working in Application Frame, go to Find
er (PC: File Explorer), locate your image, and drag
anddrop it into Photoshop. If you downloaded
the image from Adobe Stock, you can load it from
your Libraries panel by doubleclicking it.STEP TWO: CREATE A GRADIENT
ADJUSTMENT LAYER
Click on the Create New Adjustment Layer icon
(halfblack/halfwhite circle) at the bottom of the
Layers panel, and choose Gradient. Now, we’re
going to create a purpletoblue gradient. Click on
the Gradient thumbnail in the Gradient Fill dialog,
and the Gradient Editor dialog appears. Choose
the Foreground to Transparent gradient from the
Presets at the top (it’s the second one from the
left). Doubleclick on the color stop at the bot
tomleft of the gradient ramp, and in the ColorWhen working in Photoshop’s Layers panel, one of the most common questions from users is: “What’s
the difference between Opacity and Fill?” Many of us know that the visibility of layer styles is affected
by Opacity but not by Fill; however, what most of us don’t know is that there are a few special blend
modes that react differently to Opacity and Fill.UNMESHDINDA
Effects Toolkit
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