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Posted on 04/01/24 2:54:56 PM |
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Frank
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Blend If
Blend If has always been little confusing to me so I decided to research it some more. Here's a great tutorial I found which has some very clever tricks in demystifying this tool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRyxi_Z2CXo |
Posted on 04/01/24 5:36:08 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Blend If
Like you I have always found it a little confusing even though I understand the principle. I tend not to use it. Usually there are other ways of achieving the same thing with which I am more familiar. I'll take a look over the weekend. My fighting shy of it is more a matter of ignorance than choice. It would make sense to try and really get to grips with it. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 04/01/24 7:00:24 PM |
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Frank
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Re: Blend If
Yes David, I too used other methods rather than come to grips with it." Many professional users swear by it so I had to dig in. In this video the tips "color overlay" / This Layer (Remove) / Underlying Layer (Protect)/ helped make the light come on. Basically I see this as an invisible luminosity mask(s). |
Posted on 20/06/24 1:29:28 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Blend If
Your post prompted me to look again and visit a number of different tutorials as well as the one you posted. I have been playing it with quite a lot. I am starting to get the hang of it and really appreciate it. It is amazingly flexible, not just for image layer blends but to confine layer adjustments to only the lighter or darker areas of an image for example. I am a big fan of the irrepressible Unmesh Dinda who I find really manages to make the complex simple. Pix Imperfect has an excellent tutorial here, which really cleared up some confusions for me and showed some very clever tricks. As you point out this is basically luminosity masking. But, once you get the hang of it, is probably simpler and quicker. It is interesting to note that in Affinity Photo, which has more sophisticated Blend If and Luminosity Masking tools built in, the dialogues and controls for both are almost identical. Thanks Frank, for re-awaking my curiosity in this. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/06/24 09:37:44 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Blend If
Of course see HotChiPs CC pages 98-101. Or watch this video. |
Posted on 21/06/24 11:18:37 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5296 Reply |
Re: Blend If
My HotChips is considerably more of a collector's item than HotChips CC, but you do have it in a couple of places. Both in the book and the video you cover image blending, as do most Blend If tutorials - sky replacement being the classic case. What I am finding very interesting is using it on Adjustment layers to control the luminance or colour to which the adjustment is applied. The more you learn, the more there seems to be left to learn. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |