how to make brush blending mode affect layers underneath like layer blending mode

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July 12, 2021
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Hey all,

How can we make brush blending mode affect layers underneath like layer blending mode?

I want to be able to paint on a normal layer and then use the effect of overlay on that rather than needing to go back and forth between layers whenever i want the overlay or whatever effect

How to

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c.pfaffenbichler

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»I want to be able to paint on a normal layer and then use the effect of overlay on that rather than needing to go back and forth between layers whenever i want the overlay or whatever effect«

What does this mean exactly? Could you post screenshots to illustrate?

Though I suspect this might be a »square circle«-kind of issue …

gez51955619Author

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Well there isnt really a way to screen shot this as its more of a workflow

The idea is that if you have layer 1 as Red color

Then layer 2, use Overlay layer mode you get the Overlay effect over the layer 1 red color for anything you paint on layer 2

But if I use layer 3 Normal layer, and I set my brush blending option to overlay it wont do the same thing as layer 2
The only way I can get the same effect is if I paint directly onto layer 1 which has the base red color, but thats a destructive workflow

I just want a fast way to use Overlay on a normal layer so I can do everything on the normal layer both overlay and multiply effects as I want on the fly, without needing to switch between layers
Those few seconds of clickin back and forth really stilt the workflow momentum