Blend modes
From the editor
Section titled “From the editor”- Select the layer you want to blend, for example a colour wash over a photo.
- In the inspector, open the Layer section: the Blend mode menu sits next to the opacity slider.
- Pick a mode. The canvas updates at once, and the layer keeps blending when exported.
- Pick Normal to turn blending off.
From an agent, MCP or CLI
Section titled “From an agent, MCP or CLI”set_blend_mode takes a clip and a mode id (lowercase, dashed: linear-dodge, vivid-light, hard-mix, darker-color):
{ "op": "set_blend_mode", "input": { "clip_id": "wash", "mode": "vivid-light" } }On an adjustment layer (add_adjustment_layer) the mode applies to everything below it.
| Group | Modes |
|---|---|
| Normal | Normal |
| Darken | Darken, Multiply, Color Burn, Linear Burn, Darker Color |
| Lighten | Lighten, Screen, Color Dodge, Linear Dodge (Add), Lighter Color |
| Contrast | Overlay, Soft Light, Hard Light, Vivid Light, Linear Light, Pin Light, Hard Mix |
| Difference | Difference, Exclusion, Subtract, Divide |
| Colour | Hue, Saturation, Color, Luminosity |
Blending is per layer: children do not inherit it. A blend on a group blends the whole group, drawn as one layer, with what lies beneath; a blend on a child inside the group mixes only with the group’s other layers.