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🎨 Blend Modes = Creative Power

Layers overlap. Blend modes control interaction. Multiply, screen, overlay — endless creative possibilities.

📝 Essential Blend Modes

# Normal (Default)
- No blending
- Top layer covers bottom

# Darken Group (Makes darker)
- Darken: Keeps darker pixels
- Multiply: Multiplies colors (darkens)
- Color Burn: Intense darkening
- Linear Burn: Strong darkening

# Lighten Group (Makes lighter)
- Lighten: Keeps lighter pixels
- Screen: Multiplies inverse (lightens)
- Color Dodge: Intense lightening
- Linear Dodge: Strong lightening

# Contrast Group (Adjusts contrast)
- Overlay: Combines Multiply and Screen
- Soft Light: Subtle contrast
- Hard Light: Strong contrast
- Vivid Light: Extreme contrast
- Linear Light: Strong contrast
- Pin Light: Replaces colors

# Inversion Group
- Difference: Subtracts colors
- Exclusion: Similar to Difference
- Subtract: Subtracts pixel values
- Divide: Divides pixel values

# Component Group
- Hue: Uses hue of top layer
- Saturation: Uses saturation
- Color: Uses hue + saturation
- Luminosity: Uses brightness

🎯 Creative Applications

# 1. Textures
- Overlay or Soft Light
- Adds texture to photos
- Great for vintage effects

# 2. Lighting Effects
- Screen for bright lights
- Multiply for shadows
- Overlay for contrast

# 3. Color Grading
- Color mode: Colorize
- Hue mode: Hue shift
- Luminosity: Keep contrast

# 4. Double Exposure
- Screen mode
- Overlay images
- Creative portraits

# 5. Vintage Photos
- Multiply for shadows
- Screen for highlights
- Soft Light for subtle

# 6. Glow Effects
- Screen mode
- Gaussian blur
- Add layer style

💡 Blend Mode Tips

• Use Multiply for shadows and darkening
• Use Screen for highlights and lightening
• Use Overlay for contrast adjustment
• Use Color for colorization
• Experiment with opacity for subtle effects