Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 156

CHAPTER 7
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Painting and Drawing
Soft Light
depending on the blend color. The effect is similar
to shining a diffused spotlight on the image.
If the blend color (light source) is lighter than
50% gray, the image is lightened, as if it were
dodged. If the blend color is darker than 50%
gray, the image is darkened, as if it were burned in.
Painting with pure black or white produces a
distinctly darker or lighter area but does not result
in pure black or white.
Hard Light
depending on the blend color. The effect is similar
to shining a harsh spotlight on the image.
If the blend color (light source) is lighter than
50% gray, the image is lightened, as if it were
screened. This is useful for adding highlights to
an image. If the blend color is darker than 50%
gray, the image is darkened, as if it were multiplied.
This is useful for adding shadows to an image.
Painting with pure black or white results in pure
black or white.
Color Dodge
each channel and brightens the base color to
reflect the blend color. Blending with black
produces no change.
Color Burn
each channel and darkens the base color to reflect
the blend color. Blending with white produces
no change.
Darken
channel and selects the base or blend color—
whichever is darker—as the result color. Pixels
lighter than the blend color are replaced, and
pixels darker than the blend color do not change.
Darkens or lightens the colors,
Multiplies or screens the colors,
Looks at the color information in
Looks at the color information in
Looks at the color information in each
Looks at the color information in each
Lighten
channel and selects the base or blend color—
whichever is lighter—as the result color. Pixels
darker than the blend color are replaced, and
pixels lighter than the blend color do not change.
Looks at the color information in each
Difference
channel and subtracts either the blend color from
the base color or 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
Exclusion
contrast than the Difference mode. Blending with
white inverts the base color values. Blending with
black produces no change.
Creates a result color with the luminance and
Hue
saturation of the base color and the hue of the
blend color.
Creates a result color with the
Saturation
luminance and hue of the base color and the
saturation of the blend color. Painting with this
mode in an area with no (0) saturation (gray)
causes no change.
Creates a result color with the luminance of
Color
the base color and the hue and saturation of the
blend color. This preserves the gray levels in the
image and is useful for coloring monochrome
images and for tinting color images.
Creates a result color with the hue and
Luminosity
saturation of the base color and the luminance of
the blend color. This mode creates an inverse effect
from that of the Color mode.