Adobe After Effects - Manual (Page 174)

Linear Light
Vivid Light
Pin Light
Hard Mix
Difference
Classic Difference
Exclusion
Subtract
Divide
Hue
Saturation
Color
Luminosity
Stencil Alpha
Stencil Luma
Silhouette Alpha
Silhouette Luma
underlying color is darker than 50% gray, the layer darkens as if it were multiplied. This mode is useful for creating the appearance of shadows on
a layer.
Burns or dodges the colors by decreasing or increasing the brightness, depending on the underlying color. If the underlying color is
lighter than 50% gray, the layer is lightened because the brightness is increased. If the underlying color is darker than 50% gray, the layer is
darkened because the brightness is decreased.
Burns or dodges the colors by increasing or decreasing the contrast, depending on the underlying color. If the underlying color is
lighter than 50% gray, the layer is lightened because the contrast is decreased. If the underlying color is darker than 50% gray, the layer is
darkened because the contrast is increased.
Replaces the colors, depending on the underlying color. If the underlying color is lighter than 50% gray, pixels darker than the
underlying color are replaced, and pixels lighter than the underlying color do not change. If the underlying color is darker than 50% gray, pixels
lighter than the underlying color are replaced, and pixels darker than the underlying color do not change.
Enhances the contrast of the underlying layer that is visible beneath a mask on the source layer. The mask size determines the
contrasted area; the inverted source layer determines the center of the contrasted area.
For each color channel, subtracts the darker of the input values from the lighter. Painting with white inverts the backdrop color;
painting with black produces no change.
If you have two layers with an identical visual element that you want to align, place one layer on top of the other and set the blending mode of
the top layer to Difference. Then, you can move one layer or the other until the pixels of the visual element that you want to line up are all black
—meaning that the differences between the pixels are zero and therefore the elements are stacked exactly on top of one another.
The Difference mode from After Effects 5.0 and earlier, renamed Classic Difference. Use it to preserve compatibility with older
projects; otherwise, use Difference.
Creates a result similar to but lower in contrast than the Difference mode. If the source color is white, the result color is the
complement of the underlying color. If the source color is black, the result color is the underlying color.
Subtracts the source color from the underlying color. If the source color is black, the result color is the underlying color. Result color
values can be less than 0 in 32-bpc projects.
Divides underlying color by source color. If the source color is white, the result color is the underlying color. Result color values can be
greater than 1.0 in 32-bpc projects.
Result color has luminosity and saturation of the underlying color, and the hue of the source color.
Result color has luminosity and hue of the underlying color, and the saturation of the source color.
Result color has luminosity of the underlying color, and hue and saturation of the source color. This blending mode preserves the gray
levels in the underlying color. This blending mode is useful for coloring grayscale images and for tinting color images.
Result color has hue and saturation of the underlying color, and luminosity of the source color. This mode is the opposite of the Color
mode.
Creates a stencil using the alpha channel of the layer.
Creates a stencil using the luma values of the layer. The lighter pixels of the layer are more opaque than the darker pixels.
Creates a silhouette using the alpha channel of the layer.
Creates a silhouette using the luma values of the layer. Creates transparency in painted areas of the layer, allowing you to see
underlying layers or background. The luminance value of the blend color determines opacity in the result color. The lighter pixels of the source
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