Tutorials
Understanding Blend Modes: A Visual Guide
Blend modes are one of those features where people either know them cold or just randomly click through the dropdown hoping something looks good. Let’s fix that. Photoshop’s blend modes control how a layer interacts with layers below it. There are 27 of them, but they fall into logical groups, and once you understand the groups, the individual modes make sense. Group 1: Normal Normal — No blending. The top layer covers the bottom layer completely (at 100% opacity).