A video where you’ll learn all you need to know to master Blend Modes in Affinity Photo for macOS or Windows

Blend modes are one of the most misunderstood and thus overlooked features in photo editing app and getting to grips with them is essential if you want to take advantage of all that Affinity Photo has to offer.

In this session you’ll learn how to harness the power of blend modes in a practical way as I guide you through the concepts with plenty of easy to understand examples.

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  • 00:00:00 – Welcome
  • 00:00:24 – Start
  • 00:01:33 – Introduction
  • 00:02:07 – Blend Mode History
  • 00:04:12 – Affinity Photo Blend Modes
  • 00:06:12 – Blend Modes are Equations – Blend Mode Theory
  • 00:14:43 – Blend Modes in Affinity Photo
  • 00:23:00 – Rescuing Over Exposed Images using Blend Modes
  • 00:44:16 – The Maths of the Add Blend Mode
  • 00:48:40 – Creating Contrast in a Skyline with Overlay
  • 00:55:10 – Using Blend Modes Creatively in a Skyline Poster
  • 01:02:28 – Creating a Night Scene Using Blend Modes
  • 01:12:32 – Relighting a Scene Using Blend Modes
  • 01:17:05 – Creating the Orton Effect Using Blend Modes
  • 01:22:00 – Using the Difference Blend Mode as a Utility Blend Mode
  • 01:27:32 – Using the Erase blend Mode
  • 01:31:00 – Applying Blend Modes to Vector Content
  • 01:36:40 – Blend Modes on a Brush
  • 01:40:18 – Wanted PosterUsing Blend Modes
  • 01:57:58 – Recap
  • 02:03:40 – Q&A