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4 - More H-S-L Blending Modes

There are four H-S-L blending modes.

Color Hue Saturation Luminosity

1 - Color Blending Mode

This blending mode was described in detail, with a tutorial, in the last section.

The information is repeated here for comparison with the other H-S-L blending modes.

With the Color blending mode, the blending layer contributes both its hue and saturation, while the base layer contributes only its luminosity.

	Hue	Saturation	Luminosity
Blending Layer	•	•
Base Layer			•

2 - Hue Blending Mode

With the Hue blending mode, the blending layer contributes only its hue to the base layer.

The base layer contributes its saturation and luminosity to the blend, but not its hue.

	Hue	Saturation	Luminosity
Blending Layer	•
Base Layer		•	•

3 - Saturation Blending Mode

With the Saturation blending mode, the blending layer contributes only its saturation to the base layer.

The base layer contributes its hue and luminosity to the blend, but not its saturation.

	Hue	Saturation	Luminosity
Blending Layer		•
Base Layer	•		•

4 - Luminosity Blending Mode

With the Luminosity blending mode, the blending layer contributes its luminosity, while the base layer contributes its hue and saturation.

	Hue	Saturation	Luminosity
Blending Layer			•
Base Layer	•	•

Example

You can sharpen only the luminosity of a photograph using this blending mode.

Next, let's look at the second category of blending modes, Top Transforms Lower.

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