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Discover Five Additional Tips for Accessing and Applying Blend Modes in Photoshop.

A blend mode allows you to control how the pixels on one layer work with or affect (or blend with) other pixels in Photoshop. They can be found throughout the program in such areas as the Layers panel, Layer Styles, Painting tools, Smart Filters, the Fill, Stroke, and Fade commands, and the Apply Image and Calculations commands.

Learn how to create a custom Gradient in Photoshop.

Discover seven tips for working with Layer groups in this episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop! 

In this episode of 3, 2, 1, Photoshop, you’ll discover when to use Multiply, Screen, Overlay, and Softlight Blend Modes when compositing images in Photoshop CC.

Lightroom CC Web now supports synced profiles and presets, extends the number of controls when sharing images, and returns improves results when using the Best Photos Technology Preview. 

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This video explores different blend modes that can be used for creative color and tonal edits in Photoshop CC.

A histogram represents all of the pixel values in an image, plotted from 0 (black) on the left to 255 (white) on the right; the height of the column shows how many pixels in the image have that value.It can be an essential tool for managing the dynamic range of an image so that you can be sure you aren’t pushing important details in an image’s highlights or shadow areas to pure black or white without detail.

In this video, Julieanne shares the quickest way to create a custom brush in Photoshop

Last month I had the opportunity to visit Berlin. It was cold, the weather shifting between snow flurries and rain – a perfect time for making photographs! I was staying on the east side of the city, so I started by walking towards the remains of the Berlin wall. I don’t typically make photographs of other peoples art, but these murals really made an impact on me. 

I’m excited to announce several updates to Lightroom CC on mobile devices  starting with the new and enhanced Raw and Creative Profiles. While the concept of Profiles isn’t new to Lightroom, in this release, their power has been greatly enhanced.

I’m excited to announce several updates to Lightroom CC starting with the new and enhanced Raw and Creative Profiles. While the concept of Profiles isn’t new to Lightroom CC, in this release, their power has been greatly enhanced. This video demonstrates how: