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October 7, 2021
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After applying blend mode to every layer, how does one change each slightly without changing others

  • October 7, 2021
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So I created an indoor art gallery scene that has three walls, in which I laid three seperate paintings on. Each art piece is on a different wall, so they all have different perspectives (z-axis) and thus different lighting. Each painting is on its own layer. I created a blend mode for one of the artworks, which has two drop shadows and one bevel effect to create a 3d canvas look. 

 

At first I saved this layer style to add to the other two paintings, but I realized I didn't know how to slightly change the style for each without changing the layer style on the other layers. Afterwards getting fed up trying many things, I cleared the layer styles from each layer, deleted my saved layer styles altogether, and tried to apply a seperate blend mode for each layer. But now after creating new blend mode settings on one layer, when I go to the second layer to add a unique blending mode, it still is changing the others. 

 

What am I doing wrong?

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Correct answer Chuck Uebele

I didn't look at the video, but it sounds like layer styles. You need to turn off global light in the layer styles, so you can adjust each independently.

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October 7, 2021

I didn't look at the video, but it sounds like layer styles. You need to turn off global light in the layer styles, so you can adjust each independently.

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Sorry when I was saying "blending mode" above, I meant "Blending Options...". Also check the attached video above!