Blends and Masks

designer: MICHELLE DOUGHERTY • studio: Imaginary Forces • 6 comments

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Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

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Blending is also referred to as compositing or composite or layer modes.
They allow you to mix hues, saturation, and brightness values of images that are superimposed.
The chapter on compositing gives more information on how individual blend modes operate.
The animation above also used Masks.