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Hi,
I have done a screen cap of a spreadsheet style summary of the CS2 blend modes and their uses. You can download it here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ronviers/BlendModes/photo#498514 0852514029586 You will need to download the image to view it because the Google viewer resizes.
I learned a lot by working through each blend mode but most important, since I am a novice, is that blend modes are grouped by PS by how they work with neutral masks. I can already do a lot with blend modes, not because I understand all about them but because I know to start with a mask of what I want to save and what I want to change. Once I have a mask, I can add it to the layer, then I can scroll through the modes to see if one approaches the changes I need. If none do I can invert or rotate (shift from gray to white to black) the mask values then scroll through the modes again. It sounds like a monkey approach but I have been able to restore reality to several photos with this simple method. Not only that but I learn more about how to use each mode every time I stumble on to something new.
If anyone will provide me with corrections or additions I will make it better and repost it or redo it all together. Thanks
Good luck,
Ron
This is a synthesis of better and more accurate work from:
Generally here:
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/articles.htm
Specifically here:
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/blend1/blend1.htm
And his summary here:
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/blend4/blend4.htm
In case anyone doesn’t know, Ron Bigelow at www.ronbigelow.com, is the man.
Also here:
http://www.pegtop.net/delphi/articles/blendmodes/
Jens Gruschel –
Bio here: http://www.pegtop.net/delphi/aboutme.htm
And:
http://www.samspublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=26131&a mp;rl=1 Sean Duggan
Bio here:
http://www.samspublishing.com/authors/bio.asp?a=bfdf3758-210 c-41f7-a10e-c49276460ca7&rl=1
And finally here:
http://www.uwec.edu/help/PhotoshopCS2/blendmodes.htm
http://www.uwec.edu/help/PhotoshopCS2/blendmodes-ex.htm
I have done a screen cap of a spreadsheet style summary of the CS2 blend modes and their uses. You can download it here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ronviers/BlendModes/photo#498514 0852514029586 You will need to download the image to view it because the Google viewer resizes.
I learned a lot by working through each blend mode but most important, since I am a novice, is that blend modes are grouped by PS by how they work with neutral masks. I can already do a lot with blend modes, not because I understand all about them but because I know to start with a mask of what I want to save and what I want to change. Once I have a mask, I can add it to the layer, then I can scroll through the modes to see if one approaches the changes I need. If none do I can invert or rotate (shift from gray to white to black) the mask values then scroll through the modes again. It sounds like a monkey approach but I have been able to restore reality to several photos with this simple method. Not only that but I learn more about how to use each mode every time I stumble on to something new.
If anyone will provide me with corrections or additions I will make it better and repost it or redo it all together. Thanks
Good luck,
Ron
This is a synthesis of better and more accurate work from:
Generally here:
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/articles.htm
Specifically here:
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/blend1/blend1.htm
And his summary here:
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/blend4/blend4.htm
In case anyone doesn’t know, Ron Bigelow at www.ronbigelow.com, is the man.
Also here:
http://www.pegtop.net/delphi/articles/blendmodes/
Jens Gruschel –
Bio here: http://www.pegtop.net/delphi/aboutme.htm
And:
http://www.samspublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=26131&a mp;rl=1 Sean Duggan
Bio here:
http://www.samspublishing.com/authors/bio.asp?a=bfdf3758-210 c-41f7-a10e-c49276460ca7&rl=1
And finally here:
http://www.uwec.edu/help/PhotoshopCS2/blendmodes.htm
http://www.uwec.edu/help/PhotoshopCS2/blendmodes-ex.htm
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