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LIGHTEN MODES

• Lighten: Lighter pixels of active layer are kept in
  image; darker pixels turn invisible


• Screen: Lightens luminance levels of active layer
  and underlying layer


• Color Dodge: Similar to Screen mode but brighter,
  more saturated, and more contrast


• Linear Dodge (Add): “Adds” luminance levels;
  less saturated and intense, but brighter than Color
  Dodge


• Lighter Color: Close to the Lighten mode but
  applies to RGB composite channel instead of RGB
  channels individually

CONTRAST MODES

• Overlay: Combines Screen and Multiply. Screen
  brightens light pixels and Multiply darkens dark pixels


• Soft Light: Similar to Overlay mode but with a
  “softer” look


• Hard Light: Combines Linear Dodge on light pixels
  and Linear Burn on dark pixels; similar to Overlay but
  with a “harder” look


• Vivid Light: Combines Color Dodge on light pixels
  and Color Burn on dark pixels; more contrast and
  more saturated


• Linear Light: Close to Vivid Light but combines Lin-
  ear Dodge and Linear Burn with a more intense effect


• Pin Light: Combines Lighten and Darken blend
  modes. Lighten works on light pixels and Darken on
  the dark pixels and removes all midtones


• Hard Mix: Converts each channel to black
  and white, then keeps the darkest shade of red,
  green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow. The result
  is often very intense highlights, shadows, and
  saturated colors

INVERSION MODES

• Difference: Subtracts color from either
  underlying layer from active layer or vice
  versa, depending on which is brighter


• Exclusion: Effect is similar to Difference
  but less contrast

CANCELLATION MODES

• Subtract: Subtracts color from active layer from
  underlying layer; similar colors cancel each other
  and become black


• Divide: Divides color from active layer from
  under lying layer; black stays black

COMPONENT MODES

• Hue: Adds color and hue from active layer to
  underlying layer; luminance and saturation from
  underlying layer


• Saturation: Adds saturation from active layer
  to underlying layer; hue and luminosity from
  underlying layer


• Color: Adds color from active layer to underlying
  layer; luminance from underlying layer, hue and
  saturation from active layer


• Luminosity: The inverse of Color, adds luminance
  from active layer, and hue and saturation from
  underlying layer

[For even more on blend modes, visit Adobe Help and

the PhotoBlogStop.]

TASTE THE RAINBOW

Now that we have a basic idea of what each of the modes

do, we’re on to the fun stuff!

Step One: In order to create the rainbow colors on the lips,

I needed to start with a “clean” lips layer, so I pressed Shift-

Option-Command-E (PC: Shift-Alt-Ctrl-E) to create a merged

layer at the top of the layer stack. I started by desaturating the

normal color from the lips using a Hue/Saturation adjustment