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Lighter Color
For each pair of pixels, all three color channels from the bottom layer are added together, and
all three color channels from the top layer are added together. These results are compared, and
the lighter pixel of the two layers is the output. Layer order does not matter. Lighten Color is
useful when you want the lighter features of both layers to take precedence. Unlike the Lighten
composite mode, the result will always be a specific color from either the bottom or top layers.
Linear Burn
Each pair of pixels is summed, and 1 is subtracted from the total. Layer order does not matter.
Regions of white in one layer let the other layer show through, while colors and darker tones
from both layers interact to tint or darken the resulting image.
Linear Dodge
Each pair of pixels is summed. This composite mode is identical to Add.
Linear Light
All regions where the bottom layer is above 50% are Linear Dodged so as to lighten these parts
of the final result, while all regions where the bottom layer is below 50% are Linear Burned so
as to darken these parts of the final result. This composite mode intensifies image contrast in
the final result.
Luminosity
Recombines two layers using HSL image components by combining the Hue and Saturation of
the bottom layer with the Luma of the top layer.
Multiply
Each pair of pixels is multiplied together. Layer order does not matter. This generally has the
effect of emphasizing the darkest parts of both images in the resulting output; in particular
black areas of either image are preserved (0 * n = 0) while white areas of either image have no
effect on the output image (1 * n = n). Multiply is good for compositing darker elements in a field
of white into an image, and can be used to emphasize the darkest parts of a noise, grain, or
damage layer you’re blending with an image.
Overlay
Overlay combines useful aspects of both the Screen and Multiply composite modes, based on
the pixel values of the bottom-most image on the Timeline; all bottom layer pixels above 50%
are Screened, while all bottom layer pixels 50% and below are Multiplied. Overlay is an
excellent composite mode for combining a layer of noise, grain, or damage imagery with
another clip, as it combines both images in visually useful ways throughout the tonal range of
shadows through highlights.
Pin Light
In regions where bottom layer pixels are below 50% gray, lighter pixels in the top layer are
replaced by darker pixels from the bottom layer, and darker pixels in the top layer replace
lighter pixels in the bottom layer, so that the darker half of the final image combines darker
pixels from both layers. In regions where bottom layer pixels are above 50% gray, darker pixels
in the top layer are replaced by lighter pixels from the bottom layer, and lighter pixels in the top
layer replace darker pixels from the bottom layer, so that the brighter half of the final image
combines lighter pixels from both layers.
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