Blending. Blend Modes With Color Channels In Photoshop. Written by Steve Patterson. In this tutorial, we'll look at how to enhance the contrast and color of an image in unique and creative ways by learning how to apply blend modes to a photo's individual color channels. If you've been using Photoshop for a while, you know that we usually select blend modes from the Layers panel because they're most often used to change how a layer interacts, or blends, with the layer(s) below it. Here, we'll learn how we can take things even further by applying those same blend modes not to an entire layer but to the individual RGB (Red, Green and Blue) color channels that Photoshop uses to create our full color image.
How do we apply blend modes to color channels? As we'll see, it's actually very simple and easy thanks to Photoshop's Apply Image command. Working with color channels in Photoshop is a bit of an advanced topic. I'll be using Photoshop CS6 for this tutorial but any recent version of Photoshop will do. The original photo. The Apply Image Command. Secrets of the Art History Brush | The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost. Community Translation Your transcript request has been submitted. Adobe TV does its best to accommodate transcript requests. It can take a few weeks for the transcript to become available in the Community Translation Project, so keep checking back. Join the Community Translation Project Thanks for your interest in translating this episode! To get started, please join the Community Translation Project.
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An error occurred while processing your request. Another translator has already started to translate this episode. Thanks for Participating! This episode has been assigned to you and you can expect an e-mail shortly containing all the information you need to get started. About This Episode Learn how to use the History Brush Tool in Photoshop to enhance your images. Presented By Runtime : 00:09:07 Added : 10/11/2011 About this show The Russell Brown Show Discover the latest Photoshop tips and techniques, delivered by the master himself, Dr. Paint Blending Practice. Blendmodes explained. Blend Ranges in Paint Shop Pro.
Blending layers using Blend Ranges in Paint Shop Pro. By Doofi There are several ways to control a layer's opacity. The simplest would probably be the destructive Eras0r-Technique. Forget that one. A better way would be creating a Mask Layer to gain full control over the opacity without losing image information. Blahblah, here comes the interesting stuff: Okay, now let's get to the negative aspect of blend ranges: It doesn't work with adjustment-layers (at least in PSPX). Doofi Copyright 2007 Doofi. Blend layers based on intensity. Photoshop Advanced Blending : `Blend If` Some of the most useful features in Photoshop are very well hidden, you discover them by accident or somebody shows you. One of the best Photoshop tricks was shown to me by my former colleague Antti Kallioinen. I`m very grateful he showed me this trick, because this isn`t something you would stumble on yourself.
The feature in this case is the `Blend If` feature of the `Layer Blending Options`, it allows you to quickly blend layers based on luminosity. For this tutorials I assume you have a basic to advanced understanding of Photoshop, I will use pictures as much as possible to explain how it works. Update 1st of February 2008: Jeff Ross has created a short video tutorial which explains this technique clearly and without the tedious reading: (Video tutorial by Jeff Ross: www.custom-airbrush.com) Read on if you want the in-depth text version... The Basics These are the `Blend If` options, and this is where the magic will happen! Prettier Pictures.