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OK, I have to admit. I don’t understand exactly what each layer blend mode in PhotoShop is doing. Simply looking at some sample pictures of blend modes with some cryptic explanation is not working for me :-). Even when a blend mode has mathematical name it doesn’t make sense. For example what "multiply" mode means? Does it mean if value of a pixel in a layer’s channel is 10 and in another layer is 5 then the resulting pixel’s value will be 50? OK, fine! Then what if these values are 100 and 100 respectively? Apparently the result should be clipped at 255? If we make this assumption then the resulting image will be all white with most of pixels clipped at 255. Whereas, the "multiply" mode makes the image darker suggesting there should be a scaling operation rather than a clipping operation.
Is there a book, or a link that explains complete mathematical operations of each blend mode on pixels? Thanks in advance.
Is there a book, or a link that explains complete mathematical operations of each blend mode on pixels? Thanks in advance.
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