{"id":11233,"date":"2012-08-08T15:21:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T19:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=11233"},"modified":"2012-08-09T09:44:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T13:44:04","slug":"screen-blending-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/screen-blending-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Screen Blending Mode in After Effects &#038; Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"create-complex-looks-by-using-blending-modes-in-adobe-after-effects-premiere-pro\">Create complex looks by using Blending Modes in\u00a0Adobe After Effects &amp; Premiere Pro.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Blending modes<\/strong> let you combine videos in a more complex way than just adjusting opacity. \u00a0In this post, we take a look at how you can use the &#8216;screen&#8217; blending mode in your video editing work. \u00a0The following examples are done in <strong>After Effects<\/strong>, but these techniques will also work in <strong>Premiere Pro<\/strong> and <strong>Final Cut Pro<\/strong>, as each of these applications allows you to apply a blending mode to your video clips.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click image for larger view:<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11361 alignnone\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Blending Modes Interfaces\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg\" alt=\"Blending Modes Interfaces\" width=\"484\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg 807w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg?resize=300,61 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg?resize=768,157 768w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg?resize=277,57 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg?resize=359,73 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg?resize=543,111 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg?resize=560,114 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blending-modes-interfaces.jpg?resize=150,31 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"using-modes-to-composite-a-film-flash\">Using Modes to Composite a Film Flash<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Film flashes<\/strong> and <strong>light leaks<\/strong> are often used to add a burst of color and style to video footage. \u00a0With a quick search online you can find <strong>light leaks<\/strong> and flashes for your projects as standalone video clips (*see the link below for free downloads). \u00a0 Several commercial <strong>film flash and light leaks<\/strong> come with an alpha channel (transparency) already keyed out. \u00a0Typically these files are videos rendered in the Animation or ProRes 4444 codecs. \u00a0However, many <strong>isolated light leaks<\/strong> have a solid background and\u00a0no alpha channel (maybe just a solid black background). \u00a0Here&#8217;s a way to blend them together with your video footage.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Check out <a title=\"Freebies for Video Editors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.claygasbury.com\/2012\/07\/freebie-elements-for-color-gradingmotion-graphics\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">this roundup<\/a> to download a bunch of free light leaks and flashes to use in your video editing projects.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blend modes<\/strong> (also called blending modes or composite modes) are broken into categories. In <strong>After Effects<\/strong> click on &#8220;Normal&#8221; under Mode and you will see the whole list of \u00a0available\u00a0blending modes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anything in the &#8220;Darken&#8221; category&#8221; drops out the brighter part of the image.<\/li>\n<li>Anything in the &#8220;Add&#8221; category&#8221; drops out the darker part of the image.<\/li>\n<li>Anything in the &#8220;Overlay&#8221; category&#8221; adds contrast and tends to look like a gradient overlaid on top.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11270 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.31.45-PM.png\" alt=\"List of Blend Modes\" width=\"292\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.31.45-PM.png 292w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.31.45-PM.png?resize=277,219 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.31.45-PM.png?resize=150,119 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, put the film flash in a track above your video footage. Change the <strong>blend mode<\/strong> for the film flash from &#8220;Normal&#8221; to Screen&#8221; (see\u00a0<strong>After Effects<\/strong>\u00a0screenshot below). This will drop out the darker part of the film flash and leave the brighter areas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/light-leak1.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11357 alignnone\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border: none;\" title=\"After Effects Light Leak Blend Mode\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/light-leak1.jpg\" alt=\"After Effects Light Leak Blend Mode\" width=\"479\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/light-leak1.jpg 599w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/light-leak1.jpg?resize=300,67 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/light-leak1.jpg?resize=277,62 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/light-leak1.jpg?resize=359,80 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/light-leak1.jpg?resize=543,121 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/light-leak1.jpg?resize=560,125 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/light-leak1.jpg?resize=150,34 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video and Light Flash Elements Separated<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11353 alignnone\" title=\"After Effects Light Leaks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png\" alt=\"After Effects Light Leaks\" width=\"454\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png 840w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png?resize=300,98 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png?resize=768,250 768w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png?resize=277,90 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png?resize=359,117 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png?resize=543,176 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png?resize=560,182 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.20.23-PM1.png?resize=150,49 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video and Light Flash Elements\u00a0Combined\u00a0in AE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11354 alignnone\" title=\"Blending Modes After Effects\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png\" alt=\"Blending Modes After Effects\" width=\"496\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png 826w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png?resize=300,192 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png?resize=768,493 768w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png?resize=277,178 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png?resize=359,230 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png?resize=543,348 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png?resize=560,359 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.14.14-PM-1.png?resize=150,96 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a different look, change the <strong>After Effects blending mode<\/strong> for the film flash from &#8220;Normal&#8221; to Multiply&#8221;. This will drop out the brighter part of the film flash and leave the darker areas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11355 alignnone\" title=\"After Effects Blending Mode\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.27.06-PM1.png\" alt=\"After Effects Blending Mode\" width=\"496\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There may be times when you completely want to strip out the black background behind a light leak or other light effect. \u00a0For example, stock footage of explosions, gunfire, smoke, fireworks, etc. is often laid on top of black. \u00a0In the following example I used the screen blending mode to remove the black background behind a shot of smoke.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.43.40-PM.png\" alt=\"Smoke in Screen Mode\" width=\"452\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.43.40-PM.png 565w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.43.40-PM.png?resize=300,167 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.43.40-PM.png?resize=270,150 270w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.43.40-PM.png?resize=277,154 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.43.40-PM.png?resize=359,200 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.43.40-PM.png?resize=543,303 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.43.40-PM.png?resize=560,312 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.43.40-PM.png?resize=150,84 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Got footage of isolated film grain? \u00a0Lay this over your footage and again use &#8220;<strong>Screen Mode<\/strong>&#8220;. \u00a0Now, you&#8217;re footage looks like it was straight out of an old 8mm camera! \u00a0With the screen mode applied to a light flash or film grain clips you can experiment with the opacity to dial the effect up or down.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>After Effects<\/strong> you can cycle through each of the <strong>blend modes<\/strong>\u00a0by selecting a layer and holding down shift while tapping + or &#8211; (note: this only works on a regular keyboard, not the number pad).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.52.44-PM.png\" alt=\"Old Film in Screen Mode\" width=\"461\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.52.44-PM.png 640w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.52.44-PM.png?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.52.44-PM.png?resize=270,150 270w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.52.44-PM.png?resize=277,155 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.52.44-PM.png?resize=359,201 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.52.44-PM.png?resize=543,305 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.52.44-PM.png?resize=560,314 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screen-Shot-2012-08-07-at-1.52.44-PM.png?resize=150,84 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blending modes<\/strong> provide an excellent way to stylize your footage with unique looks and effects &#8211; with screen mode being particularly helpful for instantly &#8220;keying&#8221; out your black background. \u00a0Try blending modes with still to give your videos a cool layered or textured effect. \u00a0Don&#8217;t be afraid to experiment and have fun with them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how you can achieve unique effects by using blending modes in your video editing projects. 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