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【29】Through (Transparency)

This blending mode is only available for layer folders.

 

When a layer folder is set to 'Normal', the blending modes of the layers inside the folder are not applied to the layers below the folder. However, by setting the folder to 'Through', they will be applied.

 

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Top... Folder is 'Normal' → Blending modes inside are not applied

Bottom... Folder is 'Through' → Blending modes inside are applied

About Blending Modes for Drawing Tools

Blending modes are not only for layers but also for drawing tools such as brushes, figures, and gradients, and some blending modes are exclusive to these tools.

 

Blending modes for drawing tools determine how colors are painted over previously drawn colors on the same layer. You can see how the blending mode functions in the stroke preview displayed in the Tool Property palette.

 

The white area on the left half represents where colors are present on the same layer, and the black area on the right half represents where colors are not present on the same layer.

 

If you use a blending mode that is not displayed in the black area on the right, it means you cannot draw in areas where there is no color.

【30】Burn (Black)

Burn (Black) produces a similar effect to Burn (Linear) when using any color and overlaying a gray with an RGB value of 191.

 

The difference is that Burn (Linear) applies color even over transparent colors, but Burn (Black) does not apply to transparent colors.

 

It might be useful when you want to partially darken an area on the same layer without clipping.

 

【31】Dodge (White)

Dodge (White) produces a similar effect to Add when using any color and overlaying a gray with an RGB value of 64.

 

Similar to Burn (Black), this also does not apply to transparent areas.

 

【32】Erase

As the name suggests, this mode erases colors drawn previously. The default blending mode for the built-in eraser is also Erase.

 

This blending mode is useful when you don't want to use transparent colors, but you want to use this pen setting as an eraser.

 

【33】Background

(↑Playback position set to Background)

 

Normally, when you place colors, they stack up and up. However, with Background mode, they stack down and down.

 

This blending mode is useful when you want to draw something below what has already been drawn.

 

【34】Opacity Replace

(↑Playback position set to Opacity Replace)

 

Normally, stacking semi-transparent colors makes them increasingly opaque, and stacking them on an already opaque color results in a lighter overlay. However, with Opacity Replace, when you draw over with a semi-transparent color, that specific opacity is applied directly.

 

This blending mode is useful when you don't want to lower the layer's opacity but want to apply colors with a semi-transparent brush without them stacking up, or when you want to layer semi-transparent colors with the same feel as opaque colors.

 

【35】Compare (Density)

This blending mode draws colors lower when opacity is low, and higher when opacity is high.

It can be used when you want to draw shadows with different opacities for tonal shading, without layering or replacing colors, but instead drawing them separately.

 

【36】Erase (Compare)

(↑Playback position set to an example of Erase (Compare) usage)

 

This mode erases previously drawn colors only if the value obtained by subtracting the opacity of the later-drawn color from 100 is smaller than the opacity of the previously drawn color.

 

Set the brush opacity to the inverse of the desired opacity (the amount you want to reduce) and erase from above.

 

At this time, if you erase with the 'Normal' blending mode, the overlapping parts will be further erased. However, if you erase with this blending mode, you can erase with the same opacity.

 

It's like an eraser version of Compare (Density).

 

Finally

I believe I've probably explained almost all of the blending modes available in CLIP STUDIO PAINT.

 

I think there might be various situations: perhaps you used them regularly but didn't fully understand their detailed effects, or you couldn't use them because you didn't understand what effects they had, or you weren't even aware of their existence. I hope this video has helped you in choosing blending modes.

 

There are quite a few improvised parts, so I apologize if there are any inaccuracies or 'that's not right!' moments.

 

Thank you for watching! I hope to see you again somewhere.