Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual page 235

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Painting
Looks at the color information in each channel and selects the base or blend color—whichever is lighter—as
Lighten
the result color. Pixels darker than the blend color are replaced, and pixels lighter than the blend color do not change.
Looks at each channel's color information and multiplies the inverse of the blend and base colors. The result
Screen
color is always a lighter color. Screening with black leaves the color unchanged. Screening with white produces white.
The effect is similar to projecting multiple photographic slides on top of each other.
Looks at the color information in each channel and brightens the base color to reflect the blend color.
Color Dodge
Blending with black produces no change.
Looks at the color information in each channel and brightens the base color to reflect the blend
Linear Dodge (Add)
color by increasing the brightness. Blending with black produces no change.
Compares the total of all channel values for the blend and base color and displays the higher value color.
Lighter Color
Does not produce a third color, which can result from the Lighten blend, because it chooses the highest channel values
from both the base and blend color to create the result color.
Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the base color. Patterns or colors overlay the existing pixels
Overlay
while preserving the highlights and shadows of the base color. The base color is mixed with the blend color to reflect
the lightness or darkness of the original color.
Darkens or lightens the colors, depending on the blend color. The effect is similar to shining a diffused
Soft Light
spotlight on the image. If the blend color is lighter than 50% gray, the image is lightened. If the blend color is darker
than 50% gray, the image is darkened. Painting with pure black or white produces a distinctly darker or lighter area
but does not result in pure black or white.
Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the blend color. The effect is similar to shining a harsh
Hard Light
spotlight on the image. If the blend color is lighter than 50% gray, the image is lightened. This is useful for adding
highlights to an image. If the blend color is darker than 50% gray, the image is darkened. This is useful for adding
shadows to an image. Painting with pure black or white results in pure black or white.
Burns or dodges the colors by increasing or decreasing the contrast, depending on the blend color. If the
Vivid Light
blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gray, the image is lightened by decreasing the contrast. If the blend color
is darker than 50% gray, the image is darkened by increasing the contrast.
Burns or dodges the colors by decreasing or increasing the brightness, depending on the blend color. If
Linear Light
the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gray, the image is lightened by increasing the brightness. If the blend
color is darker than 50% gray, the image is darkened by decreasing the brightness.
Replaces the colors, depending on the underblend color. If the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50%
Pin Light
gray, pixels darker than the blend color are replaced, and pixels lighter than the blend color do not change. If the blend
color is darker than 50% gray, pixels lighter than the blend color are replaced, and pixels darker than the blend color
do not change. This mode is useful for adding special effects to an image.
Reduces colors to white, black, red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, and magenta—depending on the base color
Hard Mix
and the blend color.
Looks at the color information in each channel and subtracts either the blend color from the base color or
Difference
the base color from the blend color, depending on which has the greater brightness value. Blending with white inverts
the base color values; blending with black produces no change.
Creates an effect similar to, but lower in contrast, than the Difference mode. Blending with white inverts the
Exclusion
base color values. Blending with black produces no change.
Creates a result color with the luminance and saturation of the base color and the hue of the blend color.
Hue
Creates a result color with the luminance and hue of the base color and the saturation of the blend color.
Saturation
Painting with this mode in an area with zero saturation (a neutral gray area) causes no change.
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