Martin Nordholts wrote: > One have to differentiate between mathematical similarities of the > blending formulas and the effect the modes have on the colours we > perceive. From this point of view Multiply pairs better when Screen than > with Divide. > > Actually from this point of view Divide and Subtract should probably be > moved to the Difference category. They can produce completely new > colours as well. Addition doesn't really have a counterpart (Addition is > Linear Dodge in PS and GIMP has no Linear Burn counterpart). > After doing the rearrangements we end up with the following groups. Things to note is that Addition does not have a counterpart, and that Divide is a bit of an outsider in its group when looking at the blending formulas. If no one objects, the grouping at the end of this mail is what I will commit. / Martin Normal Dissolve Lighten Only Screen Dodge Addition Darken Only Multiply Burn Overlay Soft light Hard light Difference Subtract Grain extract Grain merge Divide Hue Saturation Color Value _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
