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Cycling through layer blend modes part 1

October 14, 2010 by Corey Barker Tip of the Day 1 Comment

Sometimes it’s useful to quickly cycle through your blend modes to see which one works best. Manually clicking on each one just isn’t quick, so try this: Click on the Blend Mode list in the top left of the Layers panel to select a blend mode. Then press Shift-+ to cycle down the list and Shift-ñ to go back up.

Posted by Corey Barker

Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.

One comment on “Cycling through layer blend modes part 1”

  1. Easier still is select a blend mode so it is ‘blue’ or whatever color your activation is.
    Collapse the drop menu w another click, leaving the selected mode blue.

    Now just spin your mouse wheel and you fly through the modes….never need to touch anything but your mouse (works on PC…maybe not w Mac).

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