About Blend Modes - Adobe FLASH CS3 PRO User Manual

Adjusts the brightness of an image.
Brightness
Adjusts the intensity of a color.
Saturation
Adjusts the shade of a color.
Hue
To reset all of the color adjustments to 0 and return the object to its original state, click Reset.
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See also
"Change the color and transparency of an instance" on page 213

About blend modes

Blend modes in Flash
Blend modes let you create composite images. Compositing is the process of varying the transparency or color inter-
action of two or more overlapping objects. Blending lets you create unique effects by blending the colors in
overlapping movie clips.
A blending mode contains the following elements:
The color applied to the blend mode.
Blend color
The degree of transparency applied to the blend mode.
Opacity
The color of pixels underneath the blend color.
Base color
The result of the blend's effect on the base color.
Result color
Blend modes depend on both the color of the object you're applying the blend to and the underlying color. Adobe®
recommends that you experiment with the different blend modes to achieve the desired effect.
Applies color normally, with no interaction with the base colors.
Normal
Lets you stack movie clips on top of each other without affecting their color.
Layer
Replaces only the areas that are lighter than the blend color. Areas darker than the blend color don't change.
Darken
Multiplies the base color by the blend color, resulting in darker colors.
Multiply
Replaces only pixels that are darker than the blend color. Areas lighter than the blend color don't change.
Lighten
Multiplies the inverse of the blend color by the base color, resulting in a bleaching effect.
Screen
Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the base colors.
Overlay
Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the blend mode color. The effect is similar to shining a
Hard Light
spot light on the object.
Subtracts either the blend color from the base color or the base color from the blend color, depending on
Difference
which has the greater brightness value. The effect is similar to a color negative.
Commonly used to create an animated lightening dissolve effect between two images.
Add
Commonly used to create an animated darkening dissolve effect between two images.
Subtract
Inverts the base color.
Invert
Applies an alpha mask.
Alpha
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