Blending Modes - Photoshop for Beginners | Lesson 5

Summary by Krater

An in-depth tutorial explaining how the six most important Photoshop blend modes (Normal, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Soft Light, and Color) work, demonstrated through practical photo editing and design examples.

From the video

Answers: How do Photoshop blend modes work and how do I use them?

• Photoshop blend modes
• Normal blend mode
• Multiply blend mode
• Screen blend mode
• Overlay blend mode
• Soft Light blend mode
• Color blend mode
• Layer adjustments in Photoshop

What it concludes

• Normal blend mode acts as keeping a picture on top of another picture and controls how a layer interacts with other layers.
• Multiply blend mode darkens the image by keeping black and hiding white.
• Screen blend mode brightens the image by keeping white and hiding black.
• Overlay and Soft Light blend modes increase contrast by making bright areas brighter, dark areas darker, and hiding 50 percent gray.
• Color blend mode changes only the color of the layer without altering its brightness levels.