Apply overlay to the layer directly beneath ONLY?

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I'm trying create highlights on my character by painting with white or black and using overlay blending mode. Is there a way to have the overlay affect only the layer directly beneath and none of the others? Thank you!

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Nick GioiaCorrect answer

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Instead of using overlay blend mode what I usually do is take a color and bring down the opacity on it and then just painted my highlights.

But if that's what you wanna do here's a tutorial that I show you how to use blend modes to make highlights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o7lGqqANM8

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Nick Gioia

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Instead of using overlay blend mode what I usually do is take a color and bring down the opacity on it and then just painted my highlights.

But if that's what you wanna do here's a tutorial that I show you how to use blend modes to make highlights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o7lGqqANM8

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Gardenia FlowerAuthor

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Thank you, Nicktendo - what you suggested sounds like that would work better, thanks for the tutorial link also!

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JoãoCésar17023019

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Hi.

Maybe you'll need to place the layers in question in a separate symbol. One quick way of doing this is by selecting both layers, right-clicking and choosing Convert Layers to Symbol.

Regards,

JC

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Gardenia FlowerAuthor

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That's a good way to go about it - thank you, JoãoCésar!

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JoãoCésar17023019

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You're welcome!

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