Making it easier to cycle through blend modes

Maybe there is a way to do this that I'm missing. Learning or seeing how all the blend modes work is really tedious. You have to trigger the dropdown, go to the blend mode, click it, then repeat all that to try the next blend mode. Wouldn't it be a lot easier if you could just quickly cycle through the blend modes with a slider or the arrow keys? Is there such a thing? Or maybe a screen of blend mode thumbnails, showing all the blends for a particular overlay at once.

Matt Stow has created a command to cycle through the blend modes: http://www.mattstow.com/extensions/Objects/FW_Blend_Modes_1_2.mxp
You might need to right-click the link and Save As to download the .mxp correctly. Once installed, you can set keyboard shortcuts to easily cycle forward and back through the blend modes.

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Quick way to cycle through blend modes

Greetings all, just a wonder at something that has been on my mind regarding blend modes in motion. Is there any way to cycle through them without having to click singularly on each individual one? An example of what I mean is like Photoshop's keyboard shortcut of (Shift-Opt with + or -). Huge time saver if anyone has information on this.
Cheers - m

Thanks for the reply,
yeah... that's what i've been doing but thought to finally put the question out there thinking that someone may know. Seems strange, would have thought there would be a quicker way which would really help while previewing composites.
Hopefully somebody knows something.
Cheers mate - m

How to cycle thru blend modes within the Layer Style dialog??

Hopefully, we all know you can use the Shift key and + or - to cycle through blend modes in the layers panel, as well as in various tools (like the Gradient tool or the Brush tool). A great way to quickly preview your blending options.
But what about within the Layer Style dialog? This seems to the only situation where this shortcut does not work. Is there another shortcut or workaround that can be used here?
I'm using Photoshop CS2 (on a Mac).
Thanks,
Doug D.

That's a good point.
I guess that Multiply (for Shadow) and Screen (for Glow) are really the "go to" blends for these effects, and including any other options beyond those is all just gravy.
I'm just so addicted to using the Shift +/- shortcut and really like previewing blending changes that way... (But it would create a conflict within Bevel and Emboss, as you suggest.)

Why does pressing the L key twice (to cycle through dimming modes) remove a selected photo from a collection?

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Changing from "Pass Through" as Default in Blend Mode in a Group Folder Layer Set

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Using a MacBook Pro, 10.5.4. Painting with CS2. My question is two-fold.
When the Group layer folder in a layer set is selected, it is displaying the "Pass Through" blend mode by default. Is there a special convenience to this? (Best use for pass through blend mode)
Also, How may I change the default in this mode to be "Normal" as the setting when creating a Group folder layer set?
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Matthias, now I understand. We're both right from different perspectives. If you want the adjustment layer (should there be one within the group) to affect all layers below the group (perhaps because that's the way the image looked before you made the group in the first place), then Pass Through is your blend mode. If you want that adjustment layer to affect only those layers within the group (which I often do), then Normal (or some other) is your blend mode.

Blending Mode Inside Composition

I have CS4 AE. I imported a layered PSD file which brought in all my layers, in addition to automatically making a composition out of all the layer groups. So far so good. However, why is my multiply blend mode on one of the many layers not honored when inside of these group layer compositions? When I open up the composition itself with all the individual layers, the multiply blend mode is indeed assigned.
If I put into the timeline just the individual layer with the multiply, it works. It doesn't when inside of those automatic group layer comps.
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>However, why is my multiply blend mode on one of the many layers not
>honored when inside of these group layer compositions?
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Blending mode help please!!!!!

Hi everyone.
I'm now using a mac for indesign and I've found that to preview different blending modes (normal-multiply-screen etc) on an object I have to click on each mode separately. Is there any way you can cycle through them and see the results? - In photoshop you press shift, and then + or - and it will cycle. - This way is far quicker and less fiddly!
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Chris.

That's very strange, I'm nearly sure I got that tip from someone who works with Mac Os?
I find that if I call up the panels with a shortcut key the first field is highlighted, I can then Tab around the panel.
If I click withing the Panel at any stage, then the tab key hides all the panels.
Sorry it doesn't work for you, cycling the blend modes is great, sometimes I know I need Multiply, but I cycle them anyway to see if anything looks better.
Maybe someone who is Mac orientated knows of another way.

Change the blending mode on the gradient fill within a shape layer?

I can't seem to figure out how to do this, if it is possible. I have a shape layer with a gradient fill, that gradient fill layer needs to be set to multiply, by default its normal. can the be done with scripting?

Indeed it is not that easy to modify the blending mode.
The blending mode is property(1), or property("ADBE Vector Blend Mode"), of the gradient fill.
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Blending Mode "Pass Through" Nesting Sequences

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I'm not exactly the strongest when it comes to Illustrator, so hopefully this isn't some stupid preference issue on my part, but...
I'm having an issue with my blending modes. Basically I have 3 stars, larger to smaller, top to bottom. I have a simple shape with 67% gray in multiply mode to create a "Texas Star" effect. The issue, is that when I go to export this file to ANY format, or I copy and paste it out, that 67% gray shape just sits on top. It refuses to go anywhere. I've tried expanding, even rasterizing (though that gives the SAME error). Nothing seems to work.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I know that I'm not extremely strong in illustrator (I can just hack my way through it). Perhaps someone else might know of how to fix this issue. Yes, I know I can copy and paste, then copy and paste the blend mode in PS and re export, even live trace if necessary, BUT I'm trying to figure this issue out. I REFUSE to do that for all my blend modes FOREVER. Something I wrong, I just don't know what.
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So it's VERY complicated, lots of crap all over. Like I said, I'm not very good at illustrator, just good enough to bludgeon my way through like two virgins on wedding night.
That said, I don't know if you can see it or not, but on the top and bottom row, are stars.
So I created a star with a layer atop it that had the multiply for the seen effect, duplicated it, made the duplicate a color variation, and did a blend. Expanded them, grouped them.
Now, whenever I try to export this in ANY way, it has problems. When I have a multiply blend mode, and I try ANY method to export it (other than screen capture), it comes out like this:
Notice how the stars just have that gray block in front of them. That's the problem. This does not seem to happen in other files, just on this one. What might I be missing?
PS, Just starting to work for the client, just making quick short changes, if anyone sees anything to change real quick, let me know, please. I'll gladly take other advice as well.
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Changing Blend mode in Layer Style

On a Mac is there a shortcut to change the blend mode of the layer inside the Layer Style dialog box?? On a pc you can click on the blend mode menu and then once it's highlighted you can cycle through with arrow keys. I know outside of the Layer Style dialog you can Shift and + or - with the move tool, but the advantage of doing this inside of your layer style dialog is it doens't affect your history. Plus it's something I would like to be able to do with blend modes of any Layer Style effect. Thanks.

Actually no there isnt. The Option Shift Blend mode shortcuts should really work here but don't

Blend Mode Selection in Photoshop minor difference between platforms

Guys you REALLY need to do something about this asap. I don't know if it's a mac/pc problem or if it's a CS6 problem. I have been working with photoshop on PC for the past 9 years or so. I recently had to switch to CS6 on Mac.
I can no longer place my cursor in the blend modes field and use arrow keys to quickly toggle through them to find the ideal mode. I used to be able to preview 15 blend modes in just 5-6 seconds and land on the ideal mode... and get on with my project. NOW i have to click this button and click again on each blend mode... lengthening my process by up to 2 minutes. This is an ENORMOUS problem for me as choosing blend modes is critical in my day to day design work.
See the menu right next to it where you can type in the opacity? I can put my cursor in there and use arrow keys to adjust values. Blend mode NEEDS to work this way too. And this is on a mac. You simply HAVE to do something here. productivity impacted severely.
Also.. this problem exists in After Effects CS5 on pc. Let's get it fixed there too. I will hand-write you a letter of praise and send flowers if you can do this.

conroy wrote:
Noel Carboni wrote:
It's like you're invisible, conroy.
That could be because some readers are blinded by the white background and shiny badge of MVP and Staff posts.
If not, then it's strange that nobody is interested in working out why the OP has the problem or how to restore correct behaviour to his/her installation.
I can tell you the rationale behind my post, if it helps. The original poster's real goal was to "...preview 15 blend modes in just 5-6 seconds and land on the ideal mode... and get on with my project."
On my Mac, I can certainly click in the menu and use the arrow key to go up and down, as conroy said. But what that does not do is apply the blend mode, unless I also press Return. But pressing Return kicks you out of the menu so you have to start the click/arrow/Enter cycle again, which is a long way just to try the next blend mode. So while the superficial reading of the problem says "I can arrow key through the menu, problem solved," it doesn't solve the real goal of "preview 15 blend modes in just 5-6 seconds."
But Shift+ can, because it saves so many steps over click/arrow/Enter (and because the native OS X pop-up can't do any better). So Shift+ was a more appropriate solution, and the original poster already said it solves their problem.
If you read the original post, I think what is really going on is a Windows/Mac switcher issue, not an unfixed bug. Windows and Mac pop-up menus work very differently. In Windows, you can enter text into a drop-down list directly and up/down arrow through the list without the menu actually popping up. (For a Mac example, see the Type tool Font and Size menus in the Options bar in Photoshop, which I assume are custom-coded. Compare to the Font and Size menus in Apple Pages or Keynote.) He switches to Mac Photoshop, and Blend Modes menu doesn't work that way. It might never work that way, because native Mac pop-up menus are much more mouse-oriented.
Now, if there is a verifiable bug in the menu, Adobe should fix it. You might want to make sure it's listed at the Photoshop Feedback site, and add it if it isn't there.
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family

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