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Darkening Techniques in Procreate

The document discusses different blend modes that can be used in Procreate to change how layers are blended together. It separates the blend modes into categories like darken, lighten, contrast, difference, and color and provides a brief description of what each blend mode does. Tap the letter representing the blend mode on any layer thumbnail to change its blend mode or opacity.

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Darkening Techniques in Procreate

The document discusses different blend modes that can be used in Procreate to change how layers are blended together. It separates the blend modes into categories like darken, lighten, contrast, difference, and color and provides a brief description of what each blend mode does. Tap the letter representing the blend mode on any layer thumbnail to change its blend mode or opacity.

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Procreate Blend Modes

To change the blend mode, or the layer opacity, tap the letter representing the blend
mode on the right side of any layer thumbnail.

D AR KEN
Multiply . . . . . . . Great for creating shadows, or for removing whites.
Linear Burn . . . . . Darker than Multiply but less saturated than Color Burn.
Colour Burn . . . . Darker than Multiply with more saturated mid-tones and slightly
reduced highlights.

LIGHTE N
Lighten. . . . . . . . . Pixels in the selected layer that are lighter than the ones on the
layers below are kept in the image.
Screen . . . . . . . . . Lightens the layer where it blends with the pixels beneath.
Screen is the opposite of Multiply mode, great for getting rid of
black and for glow effects.
Add. . . . . . . . . . . . Similar to Screen, but with a much greater effect.
Color Dodge . . . . Brighter than Screen.

C ONTR A ST
Overlay . . . . . . . . Combines Screen mode on lighter pixels and Multiply on darker.
Hard Light. . . . . . Similar to Overlay, but uses the selected layer’s intensity.
Soft Light . . . . . . . A half-strength application of Overlay.

D IFFERENCE
Exclusion . . . . . . . Produces an effect like a photographic negative, but with less
contrast to the Difference blend mode.
Difference . . . . . . Produces a negative effect relative to the difference between the
layers.
Subtract . . . . . . . . Subtracts the selected layer’s color from the underlying colors.

C OLOUR
Hue. . . . . . . . . . . . Takes the luminosity and saturation of the underlying colors and
the hue of the blend color.
Saturation . . . . . . Result color has the luminosity and hue of the layers below and the
saturation of the selected layer.
Color. . . . . . . . . . . Color uses the luminosity of the layers underneath and the hue
and saturation of the selected layer.
Luminosity . . . . . Luminosity uses the hue and saturation of the layers underneath
and sets the luminosity of the selected layer.

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