Layer in Color Dodge mode

[joaquimm]

A layer in color dodge mode affects the under layer in different ways in Pshop 5 or 5.5 and Pshop 6.
Can anyone tell if it is a bug or not??

Thanks a lot!!!

[joaquimm]

A layer in color dodge mode affects the under layer in different ways in Pshop 5 or 5.5 and Pshop 6.
Can anyone tell if it is a bug or not??

Thanks a lot!!!

[mike engles]

Hello

No it is not a bug. They changed how it worked.
They say that it is now CORRECT. The problem is that a lot of people like how it was done in 5.5.

Go to Adobe forums and look up the archive or FAQ.

http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html

This is a Extract from the FAQ

"Photoshop 6 introduced a few changes in blending modes. Here´s a tip on how to save those older PSD´s, and continue with the Color Dodge/Burn behaviour you are used to:

Courtesy of Mark Hamburg, verified and posted by Chad Baker:

To create a new Color Dodge/Burn layer that will work like the old ones used to, simply Option (Alt) click the New Layer icon and select Color Dodge/Burn as your mode, then check the box to fill your new layer with a neutral color (black for Color Dodge and Difference, white for Color Burn).

To fix an existing Color Dodge/Burn layer (from one of your 5.5 files for example) that has 100% layer opacity, simply bring up the fill dialog with that layer selected, then fill the layer in 'Behind' mode with black.

To fix an existing Color Dodge/Burn layer that has an opacity of other than 100% it's a little trickier, but not much. The process is the same as above, but you must perform a quick trick first. Select the layer, then go to Layer>Layer Style>Blending Options. What you need to do is change the Advanced blending opacity to whatever your General blending opacity is, then move the general opacity up to 100%. Now all you have to do is what you did before, fill the layer in 'Behind' mode with black. "

Mike Engles

[Mark (theKeeper)]

...is the DIFFERENCE mode.

PS5.5 used to create a 'usually' ugly black outline around the edges of the images on a layer when set to "Difference" blend mode.

Generally this anomaly was NOT wanted.
Adobe has stated that they have "fixed" this mode also. It now does NOT create the ugly black outline when used.

Under most circumstances this is a good thing... However... i myself had some good uses for that ugly black outline that made certain effects easier to do. And now... i have to rethink those effects. Oh boohoo!!! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

[joaquimm]

Thanks a lot, Mike and Mark!!

I think this information is very important and Adobe must talk about it more clearly...

Thanks again!!