Adobe Premiere Pro CC v.7.xx - Manual (Page 546)

Blending modes
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Normal category
Subtractive category
Additive category
Complex category
Difference category
Blend mode reference
You can select the way in which Premiere Pro blends, or superimposes, a clip on a track in a Timeline with the clip or clips on lower tracks.
For more information about the Subtract and Divide blend modes, see this video by Video2Brain .
Chris and Trish Meyer explain and demonstrate blending modes in Premiere Pro in an article on the ProVideo Coalition website .
See Andrew Devis' tutorial on Creative Cow, “Color Correction 5: Blend Modes.”
See Andrew Devis' tutorials on Creative Cow “Color Correction 6: the Filmic Blend Technique.”
For more information about combining video layers via blending in Premiere Pro, see this video by Learn By Video and Video2Brain by Jan Ozer.
1. In a Timeline, place a clip on a track higher than a track where another clip is located. Premiere Pro superimposes, or blends, the clip in the
higher track over the clip in the lower track.
2. Select the clip in the higher track, and select the Effect Controls panel to make it active.
3. In the Effect Controls panel, click the triangle next to Opacity.
4. Drag the Opacity value to the left to set the opacity to less than 100%.
5. Click the triangle in the Blend Mode menu.
6. Select a blend mode from the list of blend modes.
Blend mode reference
For in-depth information about the concepts and algorithms behind these blend modes as implemented in several Adobe applications, see the
PDF reference material on the Adobe website.
The Blend Mode menu is subdivided into six categories based on similarities between the results of the blend modes. The category names do not
appear in the interface; the categories are simply separated by dividing lines in the menu.
Normal, Dissolve. The result color of a pixel is not affected by the color of the underlying pixel unless Opacity is less than 100%
for the source layer. The Dissolve blend modes turn some of the pixels of the source layer transparent.
Darken, Multiply, Color Burn, Linear Burn, Darker Color. These blend modes tend to darken colors, some by mixing colors
in much the same way as mixing colored pigments in paint.
Lighten, Screen, Color Dodge, Linear Dodge (Add), Lighter Color. These blend modes tend to lighten colors, some by mixing
colors in much the same way as mixing projected light.
Overlay, Soft Light, Hard Light, Vivid Light, Linear Light, Pin Light, Hard Mix. These blend modes perform different operations
on the source and underlying colors depending on whether one of the colors is lighter than 50% gray.
Difference, Exclusion, Subtract, Divide. These blend modes create colors based on the differences between the values of
the source color and the underlying color.
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