Apple MA434Z/A User Manual - Page 477

Layer Function Exclusion HardLight Lighten LinearBurn LinearDodge LinearLight Overlay PinLight SoftLight VividLight Description The second image acts as a mask for inverting the first image. White areas of the second image completely invert the first image; black areas of the second image leave the first image unmodified. Screens or multiplies the first image, depending on the strength of the second image. Values below 50 percent in the second image multiply the first image, making it darker. Values above 50 percent in the second image act as a Screen effect. Values of pure black or white in image 2 replace image 1. Identical to Max. Takes the maximum value when comparing two pixels. Good for adding mattes together. Similar to ColorBurn, except it decreases brightness, not contrast, to darken the first image. Whites in the second image do not modify the first image. The opposite of LinearBurn, brightens the first image. Black areas in image 2 leave the first image unaffected. A combination of LinearBurn and LinearDodge. Values above 50 percent in image 2 increase brightness of the first image. Values below 50 percent darken the first image. Values of pure black or white in image 2 replace image 1. To shade an image. 50 percent in the second image keeps the first image the same. Brighter pixels brighten the first image, darker pixels darken it. Performs Min or Max, depending on the strength of the second image. If the second image is brighter than 50 percent, a Max (Lighten) is performed. If the second image is darker than 50 percent, a Min (Darken) is performed. Values of pure black or white in image 2 replace image 1. Raises or lowers brightness, depending on the strength of the second image. Values above 50 percent in the second image decrease the brightness of the first image; values below 50 percent increase the brightness. Raises or lowers contrast, depending on the strength of the second image. Values above 50 percent in the second image decrease the contrast of the first image; values below 50 percent increase the contrast. Importing a Photoshop File Using the FileIn Node If you don't want to import every layer within a Photoshop file, you can simply use a FileIn node, as you would with any other media in your script. When you do this, you have the option of reading any single layer from that file into Shake. To import a Photoshop file using a FileIn node: m In the Image tab, click FileIn and navigate to the Photoshop file in the File Browser. Select the file (or files), then click OK. By default, the image is imported as merged. Chapter 17 Layered Photoshop Files and the MultiLayer Node 477