Advanced blending modes

[elTwitcho]

God damn.

Alright, the problem is basically this. I want to make use of the multiply effect (blend mode multiply) without skewing the colour. So what I really want to do, is to have a blend mode that combines multiply with luminosity blend modes, but I have yet to be able to figure that out. I have tried having three layers, the top one being multiply, the one below luminosity and the bottom one my base layer, but that doesn't work. For whatever reason the multiply gets applied right to the bottom image with colour regardless of the middle luminosity blend mode.

Anyone have any idea, or need this explained more clearly?

[Radtech1]

A more clear explanation might help, with perhaps examples. Something like, "I would like this darker, that unchanged, etc". Part of my problem, is that I don't know what the phrase "skewing the colour" means to you. Is that a shift in hue? Or just darkening so that what was yellow is now muddy brown?

But I do have a couple thought on how to take a fresh approach to layer blends.

1 ) One thought might be this, create three layers, top layer being "Multiply", middle being "Normal" and the background layer turned off. Then do a "Merge Visible" on the two active layers. (If it were me, I would then rename the resulting layer "Human/Animal Hybrid"). Then turn on your background layer and set the "Human/Animal Hybrid" layer to luminosity and see if that works.

2 ) Alternatively, have you been able to get close to your desired results by setting different opacities on your three layers, say, 30% on the middle Multiply layer and 60% on the top Luminosity layer? How did that work.

3 ) Another thought might be this. After you apply the Multiply effect, what if you were to add a photo filter in the opposite color that it is "skewed" to?

4 ) If it looks good except the area of "Object X", try a mild erase of the Multiply layer just in the are of "Object X" and let some (all?) of it's original color/luminosity to show through the Multiply layer.

5) Instead of duplicating the entire layer to multiply, do a "Select/Color Range" for the layer to Multiply.

In any event, Examples would be of great help,

Rad