Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual page 235

4 To restrict blending of interior effects such as
Inner Glow, Satin, and the Color, Pattern,
or Gradient Overlay, select Blend Interior Effects
as Group. When this option is selected, the
blending mode of the layer is applied to all layer
effects falling inside the layer bounds.
Blend Interior Effects as Group option deselected,
and selected.
Specifying a range for blending layers
(Photoshop)
The sliders in the Blending Options dialog box let
you control which pixels from the active layer and
which pixels from the underlying visible layers
appear in the final image. For example, you can
drop dark pixels out of the active layer or force
bright pixels from the underlying layers to show
through. You can also define a range of partially
blended pixels to produce a smooth transition
between blended and unblended areas.
To define a range for the blending operation:
In the Layer Style dialog box Blending Options
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panel, select a Blend If option:
Gray to specify a blending range for all channels.
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• An individual color channel (for example, red,
green, or blue in an RGB image) to specify
blending in that channel.
(See "Using the Layer Style dialog box
(Photoshop)" on page 220.)
For more information, see "About color
channels" in online Help.
Use the This Layer and Underlying sliders to set
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the brightness range of the blended pixels—
measured on a scale from 0 (black) to 255 (white).
Drag the white slider to set the high value of the
range. Drag the black slider to set the low value of
the range.
To define a range of partially blended pixels,
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hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS),
and drag one half of a slider triangle. The two
values that appear above the divided slider indicate
the partial blending range.
Keep the following guidelines in mind when speci-
fying blending ranges:
• Use the This Layer sliders to specify the range
of pixels on the active layer that will blend, and
therefore, appear in the final image. For example,
if you drag the white slider to 235, pixels with
brightness values higher than 235 will remain
unblended and will be excluded from the final
image.
Use the Underlying sliders to specify the range of
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pixels in the underlying visible layers that will
blend in the final image. Blended pixels are
combined with pixels in the active layer to produce
composite pixels, while unblended pixels show
through overlying areas of the active layer.
For example, if you drag the black slider to 19,
pixels with brightness values lower than 19 will
remain unblended and will show through the
active layer in the final image.
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