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Blend Modes Photoshop CS4 Training DVD

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Introduction

Welcome
Using the exercise files

1. Blending Fundamentals

2. The Dissolve Group

Roughening or pointilizing edges with Dissolve

3. The Darken Group

Removing halos with Darken
Bringing down hot highlights with Multiply
Tonal correction with Screen and Multiply
Combining adjustment layers with blending modes
Creating a composite from a single Camera Raw file
Creating a cast shadow with Multiply
Creating artistic edges with Multiply and Screen
From iPhone to Photoshop: Colorizing line art with Multiply

4. The Lighten Group

Removing dust spots with Lighten
Adding lightning to a sky with Screen
Adding a lens flare effect with Screen
Reducing halos when sharpening with Lighten
Creating a faint soft-edged line drawing with Linear Dodge

5. The Contrast Group

Using Dodge and Burn with Overlay
Reducing wrinkles with Overlay
Using graduated neutral density filters with Overlay
Custom vignettes with Overlay
High-Pass sharpening with Overlay
Smoothing skin with High-Pass sharpening and Overlay
Textured patterns with Overlay
Textured type with Overlay
Creating a dramatic diffused glow with Overlay
Creating a subtle glow with Soft Light
Creating a medium glow with Soft Light
Simulating film grain with Add Noise and Soft Light
Recovering detail in over-saturated areas with Pin Light
Creating 80's pop art with Hard Mix and Multiply

6. The Difference Group

Aligning layers with Difference

7. The Color (HSL) Group

Reducing color noise with Color
Avoiding false saturation with Luminosity
Recovering detail in blown-out highlights with Luminosity

8. Advanced Blending Options

Getting better sepia tones
Using antique color effects
Combining multiple exposures
Replacing the sky in an image
Splitting edges when sharpening
Displacing type around contours

Conclusion

Goodbye

Photoshop CS4: Blend Modes Info

Title Information.

The blend modes in Photoshop offer incredible creative options for designers and photographers wanting to enhance images. In Photoshop CS4: Blend Mode Magic, Michael Ninness shows Photoshop users how to access and apply blend modes efficiently to achieve an aesthetic vision. He explains the building blocks of layer blending and demonstrates how blend modes can be used for color correction, sharpening, blending images together, adding dramatic glow, applying custom edge treatments, and many other creative effects. Michael also introduces advanced blending options for more experienced Photoshop users. Most of all, he demystifies this essential feature in plain, easy-to-understand terms and inspires photographers to use blend modes in ways they may have never considered before. Exercise files accompany the course.. Close »

Instructor : Michael Ninness

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Duration:

3 hours - 46 lessons

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PC or Mac

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