User Manual

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Adjusting opacity with the composite level slider
You can precisely control the transparency or blending of the overlay with the composite level slider. Left is transparent and right is
100 percent opaque. You can also double-click the current value to enter a specific numeric percentage.
Overlay
Heightens contrast by using Multiply mode on darker colors and Screen
mode on lighter colors.
Hard Light
Adds overlay colors as if the overlay were lit by a bright, focused
spotlight.
Dodge
Brightens the background based on the overlay color values.
Burn Darkens the background based on the overlay color values.
Darken Compares the overlay and background pixel by pixel and selects the
darker color value for each pixel.
Lighten Compares the overlay and background pixel by pixel and selects the
lighter color value for each pixel.
Difference Compares the overlay and background pixel by pixel and subtracts the
darker color value from the lighter color to generate a new color value
(difference).
Difference Squared Remaps color values along a parabolic curve. The color values of the
layers in the composite group are subtracted, and then the subtracted
values are squared.
The resulting image will have less extreme changes in color values as the
colors approach black (RGB 0,0,0) and more extreme changes in color
values as colors approach white (RGB 255,255,255).
Compositing mode Sample Description
Composite level slider