Invert Effect - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Original (left); effect applied to layer created from solid with Fractal Noise effect (center); result (right)
Adjust the following controls for the Compound Arithmetic effect:
Specifies the layer to use with the current layer in the given operation.
Second Source Layer
Specifies the operation to perform between the two layers.
Operator
Specifies the channels to which the effect is applied.
Operate On Channels
Specifies how pixel values that exceed the allowed range are treated.
Overflow Behavior
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Indicates that the values are limited to the allowed range.
Clip
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Indicates that values exceeding the allowed range wrap around from full on to full off, and vice versa.
Wrap
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Indicates that the maximum and minimum values are calculated and the results are stretched down from
Scale
that full range to the range of allowable values.
Stretch Second Source To Fit
option is deselected, the second layer is placed at its source's current size, aligned with the upper left corner of the
source layer.
Adjusts the opacity of the second source layer so it blends with the original layer.
Blend With Original

Invert effect

The Invert effect inverts the color information of an image.
This effect works with 8-bpc and 16-bpc color.
Original (left); effect applied to layer created from solid with Fractal Noise effect (center); result (right)
Adjust the following controls for the Invert effect:
Specifies which channel or channels to invert. Each group of items operates in a particular color space,
Channel
inverting either the entire image in that color space or just a single channel. Alpha (not a color space) provides a way
to invert the alpha channel of the image.
Combines the inverted image with the original. You can apply a fade to the inverted image.
Blend With Original
Scales the second layer to match the size (width and height) of the current layer. If this
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