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Blend Mode in Smart Filters

 

In the olden days, you could control how a specific effect reacted to an image by choosing Edit>Fade (effect name).  This would give you a blend mode option for the effect, as well as an Opacity control.  The problem with this was you had no way to go back and modify that setting once it was completed.  In Smart Filters, you have the option to set the blend mode and opacity of that effect, and still keep the control you need to modify it later.  Just double-click on the Edit Blending Options icon that appears to the right of the Smart Filter in the Layers panel.

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith

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