{"id":26572,"date":"2019-02-09T13:04:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T18:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=26572"},"modified":"2022-11-02T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:59:06","slug":"boost-contrast-blend-modes-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-editing\/boost-contrast-blend-modes-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Edit Quick Tip: Boost Contrast with Photoshop Blend Modes"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"featured-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:12px;\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/boost-contrast-photoshop-blend-modes-ft.jpg\" alt=\"How to boost image contrast with Photoshop blend modes\" width=\"853\" height=\"448\" \/>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"summary\">\n<p>In this tutorial, I\u2019ll show you how to quickly boost contrast and bring your images to life using simple blend modes and adjustment layers in Photoshop! For Photoshop CC and CS6.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>Photoshop gives us lots of ways to improve the contrast in our photos, from a simple Brightness\/Contrast image adjustment to working with Levels, Curves, and of course, Camera Raw. But did you know that certain <em>blend modes<\/em> in Photoshop can also boost contrast? In fact, not only <em>can<\/em> they do it, it's the whole reason they exist! <\/p>\n<p>The advantage of using blend modes to boost contrast is that blend modes are incredibly easy to use. And as we'll see, by combining blend modes with one of Photoshop's <em>adjustment layers<\/em>, we can not only increase contrast, but we can also control how the colors in our image are affected.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, increasing contrast also increases color saturation, resulting in colors that look oversaturated. But by choosing the right adjustment layer, and the right blend modes, we can adjust the contrast and the color separately. Let's see how it works. I'll be using <a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/l\/dlXjD2w\" title=\"Get Photoshop CC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photoshop CC<\/a> but you can also follow along with Photoshop CS6. <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>Let's get started!<\/p>\n<p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a> And get exclusive bonus content!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How to boost image contrast with blend modes<\/h2>\n<p>We'll start by learning how to quickly improve the contrast in the image using blend modes, and then I'll show you how to correct any color problems that result from it.<\/p>\n<p>To learn much more about Photoshop's blend modes, download my <a href=\"\/get-our-photoshop-layer-blend-modes-complete-guide-pdf\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Layer Blend Modes Complete Guide<\/a> PDF.<\/p>\n<p>Here's an <a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/l\/BOxVG8G\" title=\"View this image on Adobe Stock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> I've opened in Photoshop, and while it's a great shot, it's also looking a bit flat. Let's see how blend modes and adjustment layers can quickly make this image pop:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/original-image.jpg\" alt=\"The original low contrast image in Photoshop. Photo credit: Adobe Stock\" width=\"704\" height=\"471\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original low contrast image. Photo credit: Adobe Stock.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 1: Add a Vibrance adjustment layer<\/h3>\n<p>In the <a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/layers-panel\/\" title=\"Learn more about the Layers panel in Photoshop\">Layers panel<\/a>, we see the image on the <a href=\"\/basics\/background-layer-photoshop-cc\/\" title=\"Learn more about the Background layer in Photoshop\">Background layer<\/a>, currently the only layer in the document:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/photoshop-layers-panel.png\" alt=\"Photoshop's Layers panel showing the original image on the Background layer\" width=\"297\" height=\"321\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Layers panel.<\/div>\n<p>The first thing we need to do is add a Vibrance adjustment layer above the image. Click on the <strong>New Fill or Adjustment Layer<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/new-fill-adjustment-layer-icon.png\" alt=\"Clicking the New Fill or Adjustment Layer icon in Photoshop's Layers panel\" width=\"297\" height=\"182\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the New Fill or Adjustment Layer icon.<\/div>\n<p>And choose <strong>Vibrance<\/strong> from the list:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/choose-vibrance-adjustment-layer.png\" alt=\"Adding a Vibrance adjustment layer to the Photoshop document\" width=\"174\" height=\"106\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choosing Vibrance.<\/div>\n<p>The adjustment layer appears above the Background layer. We'll see why we're specifically choosing Vibrance a bit later on:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/vibrance-adjustment-layer.png\" alt=\"Photoshop's Layers panel showing the Vibrance adjustment layer above the image\" width=\"297\" height=\"160\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Layers panel showing the new adjustment layer.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 2: Change the layer blend mode to Overlay or Screen<\/h3>\n<p>To increase contrast in the image, all we need to do is change the <a href=\"\/photo-editing\/layer-blend-modes\/intro\/\" title=\"Learn more about Photoshop layer blend modes\">blend mode<\/a> of our adjustment layer to one that increases contrast.<\/p>\n<p>Still in the Layers panel, click on the <strong>Blend Mode<\/strong> option in the upper left. By default, the blend mode is set to Normal:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/click-layer-blend-mode-option.png\" alt=\"Clicking the Blend Mode option in Photoshop's Layers panel\" width=\"298\" height=\"153\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the Blend Mode option.<\/div>\n<p>Photoshop includes a whole group of blend modes designed specifically for increasing contrast. The group starts with Overlay and ends with Hard Mix. Every blend mode in this group will boost the contrast and produce a different result.<\/p>\n<h4>The Overlay blend mode<\/h4>\n<p>For most images, the two blend modes that work best are Overlay and Soft Light. Start by choosing <strong>Overlay<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/choosing-overlay-blend-mode.png\" alt=\"Choosing the Overlay blend mode in Photoshop\" width=\"165\" height=\"142\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choosing the Overlay blend mode.<\/div>\n<p>And just by changing the blend mode, we've increased the contrast. On the left is the original image, and on the right is the result using <a href=\"\/photo-editing\/layer-blend-modes\/overlay\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Overlay<\/a>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/normal-overlay-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"A comparison of the original low contrast image and the higher contrast version created using the Overlay blend mode in Photoshop\" width=\"801\" height=\"270\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original image (left) and the higher contrast version using the Overlay blend mode (right).<\/div>\n<h4>The Screen blend mode<\/h4>\n<p>If the Overlay result is too strong, try the <strong>Soft Light<\/strong> blend mode instead:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/choosing-soft-light-blend-mode.png\" alt=\"Choosing the Soft Light blend mode in Photoshop\" width=\"165\" height=\"142\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choosing the Soft Light blend mode.<\/div>\n<p>As the name suggests, Soft Light produces a softer and more subtle effect. On the left is the result using Overlay, and on the right is the result using Soft Light. For this image, Soft Light works best, but for others, Overlay may work better:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/overlay-softlight-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"Comparing the image contrast results using the Overlay and Soft Light blend modes in Photoshop\" width=\"802\" height=\"270\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The result with Overlay (left) and Soft Light (right).<\/div>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/basics\/blend-mode-tips-tricks\/\" title=\"Learn Photoshop's blend mode tips and tricks\">Check out our Blend Mode Tips and Tricks!<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Fine-tune the contrast with the Opacity option<\/h3>\n<p>You can also fine-tune the result of either blend mode by adjusting the <a href=\"\/basics\/three-ways-to-blend-two-images-together-photoshop\/\" title=\"Learn more\">opacity<\/a> of the adjustment layer. You'll find the <strong>Opacity<\/strong> option in the upper right of the Layers panel.<\/p>\n<p>The more you lower the opacity from its default value of 100%, the more you'll dial back the contrast by letting the original image on the Background layer show through:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/lower-blend-mode-opacity.png\" alt=\"Fine-tuning the image contrast adjustment with the Opacity option in Photoshop's Layers panel\" width=\"297\" height=\"153\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Fine-tune the effect using the Opacity option.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How to fix the color after boosting contrast<\/h2>\n<p>So why did we choose a Vibrance adjustment layer for increasing the contrast? If all we needed to do was change the blend mode, why did we need Vibrance? Why not <a href=\"\/photo-editing\/photoshop-levels-image-adjustment-essentials\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Levels<\/a>, or Curves, or something else? The reason is that when we increased the contrast, we also increased the <em>color saturation<\/em> of the image. And a Vibrance adjustment makes it easy to correct it.<\/p>\n<p>If we look again at a comparison between the original image and the higher contrast version, we see that the colors in the higher contrast version are now oversaturated. Here I'm comparing the original (left) with the result from the Overlay blend mode (right), just to make the problem easier to see. But Soft Light can also produce oversaturated colors to a lesser extent:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/color-saturation-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"A comparison of the color saturation after increasing image contrast in Photoshop\" width=\"805\" height=\"275\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Boosting contrast also boosted the color.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 4: Drag the Saturation slider to -100<\/h3>\n<p>So how do we reduce the color saturation? It's easy. In the <strong>Properties panel<\/strong>, we see that the Vibrance adjustment includes a <strong>Saturation<\/strong> slider. There's also a Vibrance slider above it, but the one we want is Saturation.<\/p>\n<p>To restore the photo's original saturation levels, simply drag the Saturation slider all the way to the left, to a value of <strong>-100<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/vibrance-adjustment-saturation-slider.png\" alt=\"Dragging the Saturation slider for the Vibrance adjustment in Photoshop's Properties panel\" width=\"324\" height=\"230\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Dragging the Saturation slider in the Properties panel.<\/div>\n<p>On the left is how the image looked initially after changing the blend mode to Overlay. And on the right is the image with the same increase in contrast but with the color saturation no longer affected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/comparison-color-saturation-corrected.jpg\" alt=\"The image before and after correcting the color saturation\" width=\"801\" height=\"270\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The higher contrast image before (left) and after correcting the color (right).<\/div>\n<h4>Bringing back some of the saturation<\/h4>\n<p>Now depending on your image, you may want to keep some of the added color saturation. In that case, just drag the Saturation slider back towards the right until you find the setting you like best. I'll increase mine from -100 to -70:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/drag-saturation-slider-right.png\" alt=\"Restoring some of the added color saturation in the contrast-boosted image in Photoshop\" width=\"323\" height=\"134\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Restoring some of the extra saturation.<\/div>\n<h3>Comparing the original and higher contrast versions<\/h3>\n<p>To switch between your original image and the new, higher contrast version, toggle the Vibrance adjustment layer on and off by clicking its <strong>visibility icon<\/strong> in the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/layer-visibility-icon.png\" alt=\"Turning the Vibrance adjustment layer on and off in Photoshop's Layers panel\" width=\"309\" height=\"182\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Turning the effect on and off with the visibility icon.<\/div>\n<p>With the adjustment layer turned off, we see the original low contrast image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/original-image.jpg\" alt=\"The original low contrast image in Photoshop\" width=\"704\" height=\"471\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original image.<\/div>\n<p>And with the adjustment layer back on, we see the final, higher contrast result (using the Soft Light blend mode):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cc\/boost-contrast\/how-to-boost-image-contrast-photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"How to boost image contrast in Photoshop\" width=\"704\" height=\"471\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image with improved contrast.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>And there we have it! 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