The power of blend modes

When you're trying to develop looks for your images, blend modes can achieve exciting results. Blend modes are used in almost all imaging applications and truly are a foundation of motion graphics and compositing. While there is a ton of content about blend modes, such as Motion 5's user manual, sometimes it's better to see for yourself and experiment with a still image. Let's take a look at a few examples.

How to do it...

Let's create a new project and add a still from Motion's library:

1. Launch Motion. Set Preset to Broadcast HD 720p, Frame Rate to NTSC-DV, 29.97, and Duration to 10 seconds. Press OK.

2. Click on the Library tab. Go to the Content category and select the Images subcategory. At the bottom of the Library window, double-click the Traditions folder and select the Watercolor 02 still image. In the preview area, you can see that the project's size is 2048 by 1362. That's much larger than our 1280 x 720 project.

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