Mastering Blend Modes with Lindsay Adler

Control how your image looks, down to the pixel!

Mastering Blend Modes
  • 7 video lessons
  • 1 hour and 22 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
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If you haven't heard of blend modes before, your workflow is in for a treat. Blend modes are an incredibly powerful control in Adobe® Photoshop® that allows you to decide how a tool interacts with pixels or how two layers interact. Sounds a bit dry… but it's not at all! The creative and practical applications are endless, and you'll love the creative control you gain with these techniques.

Software Used: Adobe Photoshop CC 2017

Course Instructor

Lindsay Adler

Lindsay Adler

Fashion photographer Lindsay Adler has risen to the top of her industry as both a photographer, educator, and Canon Explorer of Light.

Mastering Blend Modes with Lindsay Adler is rated 4.5 stars by 29 students

  • Cla S. May 22, 2020

    Cool class! Lindsay is always exceptionally effective in delivering a lot of very good hints with just a perfect balance for me between practice (a lot) and theory (the minimum needed)

  • Sam L. Oct 14, 2019

    Amazing. So easy to follow and couldn't love this more! Gave me a way better grip on my blend mode understanding and what i can use it for. Totally recommend.

  • Jackie G. Jul 18, 2019

    I finally managed to work out the layers. Thankyou so much to Lindsey. Been trying to do this for a year, very clear instructions. So exciting.

  • Lisa P. Jul 17, 2019

    I just adore Lindsay. She does everything in her power to help us...it always feels like she could be my sister or bff. So many wonderful qualities not to mention her talent. Thank you for having Lindsay on air!

  • jim F. Jul 15, 2019

    Wow, really brought blend modes together for me. Using blend modes with tools was a real eye opener.

  • Sean S. Oct 6, 2018

    Lindsay is a great Photoshop teacher. Lindsay makes learning about Photoshop fun. Great job Lindsay and you have great skills. What Lindsay shows that some other teachers may not is she makes the topics she teach, in addition to be well informative and well planned, she also makes her presentations interesting, fun and entertaining. Thank you Lindsay. You are a beautiful person on the outside and the inside.

  • Elisabeth C. Jul 11, 2018

    Thank you for explaining these blending modes. I did think it would be a little more in depth, but still a great class! I have been using preset actions to do these same retouches in photoshop but never knew how to do it on my own... now I have more control over my images. Knowing how it works without my presets has definitely cut down the amount of time I sit at the computer editing.

  • Pete L. Jul 11, 2018

    I've played around with Blend Modes for a long time without really understanding them. A bit trial and error if you like. What I really enjoyed about this course was Lindsay actually explained each mode in a way I could easily understand and absorb AND provided practical applications as well.

  • Amber R. Jul 5, 2018

    This feels like an introduction to blend modes and not a master class, which is fine but misleading from the title. Overall great information but not a lot of practical application demos.

  • Liliana O. Jun 20, 2018

    Hi I think Lindsay Is wonderful creative and everything around her is great however I think is unpolite from anyone to talk as fast as she does especially when someone is imparting instructions for many different persons. Thank you

  • Traci V. Mar 13, 2018

    Outstanding! I thought I was pretty proficient with blend modes, but I can't pass up a Lindsay class so I bought it. Right off the bat I learned something new. I've learned a few of these methods from other courses, but the way Lindsay explains it just makes so much sense. It's like taking the very best tips from multiple courses and putting it all in one very concise course. Once again, Lindsay hits it out of the park.

  • Caitlin S. Feb 23, 2018

    Besides being wildly talented and innovative, Lindsay is simply the best photographer to learn from that I've seen. I get so excited when I'm about to watch a class that she teaches. She has taught me everything I know about portrait photography and Photoshop. You just can't go wrong with one of her classes! Worth every dime!

  • Jeff S. Sep 14, 2017

    Lindsay is the best teacher, at least for the way I want to learn. I have picked up so many new techniques from this class and I am using those techniques in my photo retouching every chance I get. Although mostly geared toward portrait retouching, Lindsay always go out of her way to give examples of how the blend modes can be used in landscape photography. Thanks Lindsay and Creative Live, I love your courses!

  • S. Sep 9, 2017

    The course was ok a little short and less detailed than what I expected. Would help if example files were included.

  • milan S. Sep 8, 2017

    As always, Lindsay explains in clear, simple, down-to-the-point language. She never fails. Good starting point for somebody who wanna experience with Blend Modes. Worth every penny. Highly recommend. Thank you !

  • Travis Z. Aug 2, 2017

    It was decent. Not giving it thumbs down, but I was hoping for more of a breakdown of how each blend mode interacts specifically with the pixels. She essentially says -- well, here are some blend modes that I like to use, and you can click around to figure out the rest on your own. The bummer for me is that I already use and understand lighten, darken, multiply, overlay and soft light and those are the only ones she talks about. I would rate this course as a 6 out of 10. Some useful information, but I would have purchased something different had known the scope of the tutorial before buying.

  • Yessica A. Jul 26, 2017

    Great class, learnt so much!!!

  • Jada H. Jul 9, 2017

    Fantastic course! Very knowledgeable on the subject matter!

  • Debby . May 30, 2017

    Excellent presentation on the different types of blending modes and their practical usage in portrait photography. Very happy with my purchase!

  • Beatriz S. May 26, 2017

    Incredible class! Lindsay covers the basics of how blending modes work, and then goes on to show us many practical applications for them. I love her presentation style and find the content of this class super useful!

  • jos R. May 25, 2017

    It's a Lindsay Adler class, what else need to be said :) I am so happy to attend this class. Such a time saver for getting that color blending you need to rise above the rest! Best ever blending class I've attended, really opened my eyes. Happy to watch over and over as there's concepts that is useful to refresh periodically.

  • April H. May 21, 2017

    I love Lindsay Adler's teaching style. She shows you the practical and creative ways you need to use blend modes in Photoshop to speed up your workflow and give your images that "wow" factor. ​I would highly recommend this course!

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