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  "Difference" to the rescue : PSep 27, 2013 6:48 AM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:Today's dark colors came from a Hue/Saturation layer set to Difference blending mode, which is something I haven't used before. We're coming up on some dark scenes, and I think I'm gonna have to get used to using dark colors and not relying on Difference to switch bright colors to dark later on like this. Also the lighting is probably too gradient-y; I thought about using a grayscaled version reduced to 16 colors as my desaturation layer; banding from overlapping bitmap layers wouldn't be a problem because I'd basically be introducing my own, much stronger bands with the 16-color grayscale layer, giving those nebulous gradients some contour. In the end I felt that approach didn't really improve the look for this page, though. Anyway here's the colors before more or less inverting them with a Hue/Saturation layer on Difference, then partially desaturing them with a Hue/Saturation layer set to "Color":
 
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Maybe tomorrow I'll be able to pick a darker scheme on my own like a big boy. : P
 
 
 
 
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