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Where are the blend modes?
sausher67 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Oct 21, 2009 19:38 Messages: 4 Offline
[Post New] Mar 12, 2015 04:16
I've been using PowerDirector for nearly 7 years but cannot find a way to "blend" overlays other than adjusting opacity. Easy enough to multiply, overlay, darken, lighten, etc. in PS Elements (which I otherwise dislike immensely). There must be a way to do this in PD12, right? The effect I'm aiming for looks something like this: vimeo.com/102478415

Many thanks for any suggestions!

Also, I have ColorDirector12. Should I cross post this question in that forum?
PlaySound
Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline
[Post New] Mar 12, 2015 10:17
I do not know if I understood right.
Use the opacity line to mix images see image


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sausher67 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Oct 21, 2009 19:38 Messages: 4 Offline
[Post New] Mar 12, 2015 15:02
Thank you for the reply, but there should be more options. This (slow-loading) page illustrates pretty simply what you could do with other modes:
http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-layer-modes.html

Perhaps there a (free) plugin for this somewhere?
tomasc [Avatar]
Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline
[Post New] Mar 12, 2015 15:14
Why are you comparing a video editing program to two image(photo) editing programs? They do different jobs.
sausher67 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Oct 21, 2009 19:38 Messages: 4 Offline
[Post New] Mar 12, 2015 15:24
Because these same blend modes are available in some video programs and video plugins, and can combine two images--whether still or video--the same way to achieve the same effect. (Of course, the difference in the video is the image is moving, but aside from that...) I used Gimp's example because it explained blend modes better than the video tutorials.

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