composite methods

[rakdoe]

Who knows the difference between the gel and the multiply method!

[rakdoe]

Who knows the difference between the gel and the multiply method!

[Jinny Brown]

The Painter User Guides versions 4 through 8 can tell you.

In Painter 6: Chapter 12 Using Layers, the section named Changing Layer Characteristics, sub section named Setting a Composite Method.

In Painter 7: Chapter 13 Using Layers, the section named Changing Layer Characeristics, sub section named Setting a Composite Method.

In Painter 8: Chapter 14 Using Layers and Layer Masks, the section named Changing Layer Characteristics, sub section named Blending Layers using Composite Methods.

If you don't have the hard copy User Guide, you'll find it via the Help menu.

Jinny Brown

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[DLFrost]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by van bokhoven:
Who knows the difference between the gel and the multiply method!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
In a layer set to the gel method, layer transparency is derived from the value of the layer's contents such that darker is more opaque and lighter is less so. (In effect, the layer's contents, desaturated, become the layer alphamask.) In multiply mode blending mimics the darkening effect you get when you sandwhich two slides together in a single holder and project them. (By contrast, devide mode mimics the lightening effect obtained when you place two images in their own projectors and project them to the same spot on the wall/screen.)

Doug Frost