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- [Narrator] In this

movie, we'll take a look at



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a few advanced blend mode tricks.



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Now for starters, I'm going to get rid of



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this blend mode's layer.



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But I want you to see that I've gone ahead



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and added a little bit of a footnote



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that explains exactly what's going on



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with my Shift + Plus and Shift

+ Minus keyboard shortcuts.



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Alright. So to get rid of the layer,



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I'll just click on the

little trashcan icon



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at the bottom of the layers

panel, and I'll click yes.



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Alright. Now let's say for starters



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that you want to colorize

this placed photograph.



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Well, back in chapter 25

of the advanced course,



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I showed you how to take a linked image



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and assign a sepia tone to it.



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But things work a little differently



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when you have a clipping mask.



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And so I'm going to start things off



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by twirling open this

image layer right there.



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And I'll go ahead and

click on that linked image



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to select it.



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And then I'll press

Control + C, Control + F



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in order to paste a copy in front.



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That would be Command +

C, Command + F on the Mac.



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And that's just going

to allow us to compare



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the original image to

a few future effects.



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Alright. So I'll go ahead and

turn that pasted image off,



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and then I'll select the original.



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And now let's say I want to colorize it



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with a shade of green.



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Then notice that the fill is selected



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up here in the swatches panel.



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I'll just go ahead and

click on this shade of green



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right here in order to fill the image,



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and I'm not seeing a darn thing.



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And if I were to switch over

to the appearance panel,



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I wouldn't see any fill

or stroke whatsoever.



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Turns out, I actually

did assign a green fill.



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I just assigned it to the clipping mask.



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And to see what that looks like,



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I'll switch back to the layers panel.



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I'll go ahead and scroll

down the list here,



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and I'll twirl open this

clipping group right there.



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And you can see that mask is green.



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Alright. So I'm going to

go ahead and target it



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by clicking on a so-called meatball.



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And you can now see that I have



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a green fill and a black stroke



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over here on the far-left

side of the control panel.



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But the thing is, even

though the clipping mask



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appears to be in front of the image,



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Illustrator actually treats

it as if it's in back.



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And just to make things more clear,



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I'm just going to drag it in back like so.



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And you can do that, by the way.



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Once you've established a clipping group,



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you can move the mask

to any location you like



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as long as, of course, you don't move it



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outside of the group.



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That's going to mess things up.



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Alright. So I'll go ahead

and undo that change.



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And now what I want to

do is assign a blend mode



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to the photographic image.



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And so I'll go ahead and target it.



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That's just the easiest way to work



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here inside the layers panel.



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Or, just in the name of full disclosure,



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you can go ahead and click

on one of these two icons



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to switch back-and-forth between the mask



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and the contents of the mask.



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Or if you loaded D-keys,

I gave you a shortcut



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that you'll probably never remember.



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But it's Control + Shift + Alt + 7.



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Or Command + Shift +

Option + 7 on the Mac.



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And notice that switches

me to the clipping mask,



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and then back to the photographic image.



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Alright. Now bear in mind that



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the photo is sitting on top of the mask.



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And so to colorize it,

you're going to have to



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change the blend mode not

to color, but to luminosity



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in order to produce this effect here.



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Alright. Now let's say,

I want to bring back



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a little bit of the original color.



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Well you can only assign one blend mode



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to any given object at a time.



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And so if you really want to merge



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the effects of a couple

of different blend modes,



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then you need to duplicate the object.



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Which I'm going to do right now.



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With the image selected I'll go ahead and



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press Control + C, Control + F once again.



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That's Command + C, Command + F,



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to paste a copy of the image

inside that clipping mask.



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And because this is a linked image,



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that's not going to have much of an effect



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on the size of this file.



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Alright. Now I'm going

to change the blend mode



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from luminosity to hue so that we can



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take advantage of the

enhanced saturation values



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provided by that green fill.



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So notice the difference here.



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If I turn on the original

photograph right there,



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you can see that the

saturation drops a little bit



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compared to our heightened saturation



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that we're seeing now.



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And we can make the

effect even more prominent



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by targeting the clipping mask once again,



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and then switching to

this very vivid RGB grain.



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And you can see that brings

out even more colors.



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You can also switch to a

totally different color,



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if you like.



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I've got this color rose that

I've created in advance here



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that makes for a kind of pleasant effect.



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Especially if I were

to select the top image



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in the clipping group right here,



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and change its opacity to 50%.



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Which I'm going to do,

because I have D-keys,



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just by tapping the 5 key.



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And you can see this gives us



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a very different effect.



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So this is the original image.



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I'll go ahead and press

Control + Shift + A.



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Or Command + Shift + A on the Mac,



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so we're not seeing that gigantic X.



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And this is our new color scheme.



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And, by the way, because we're doing



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all of this work inside

the clipping group,



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you could go ahead and

select the group itself



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and assign yet another blend mode.



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And so for example, I could go

ahead and choose hard light,



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at which point I'm combining the effects



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of all these blend modes together.



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Alright. I'm going to tap the 5 key



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to take the opacity value down to 50%.



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So I can demonstrate something else,



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for those of you who

are working with D-keys,



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if ever you want to make

an object fully opaque,



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all you need to do is press

Shift + 0, followed by 0.



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So Shift + 0 then 0 by itself.



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Shift + 0 is going to switch

you back to the normal mode,



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and then 0 is going to

return the opacity to 100%.



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Alright. Now turns out I

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It's not green, actually.

It's rose-colored.



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It's just that Illustrator

hasn't updated things.



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To force an update, go ahead and twirl



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that clipping group closed,



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and then twirl it back open again.



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And you'll see it now appears rose.



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I don't want that, however.



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So I'm just going to go ahead

and meatball that item there,



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and I'm going to change

that fill back to none



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so that the model appears more pale pink.



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And again, you're not

going to see that update



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until you twirl that clipping group closed



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and then twirl it open once more.



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And so at this point,

if you want to restore



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some more of the original color,



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then you could select that top image



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and you could press,

for example, the 8 key



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in order to bring the

opacity value up to 80%.



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Or you could fade the color

by pressing, lets say,



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the 3 key to take it down to 30%.



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But I like 50%, so I'm just

going to tap the 5 key.



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Alright. Now I'll just go ahead

and twirl this guy closed.



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And I want to get rid of

that normal item right there.



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So I'll just select it here

inside the layers panel,



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and I'll drop down to the trashcan,



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and I'll click on it.



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So the idea is if I were

to press the Backspace key,



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or the Delete key on a Mac,



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I would get rid of the

selected photograph,



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which is not what I want.



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Whereas if I click the

trashcan, I'll just get rid of



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whatever's active inside the layers panel.



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Alright. Now just press

Control + Shift + A,



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or Command + Shift + A on the Mac,



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to deselect the image.



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And that's how you colorize

a placed photograph



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inside of a clipping mask,



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how you combine the effects

of multiple blend modes,



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and how you wrap blend modes

inside of other blend modes



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here inside Illustrator.