Chris Mattison – WDMD-310, spring ‘07

Photoshop Darken Mode

The neutral color for the Darken modes is white – white pixels on a layer set to a Darken mode leave the underlying pixels unchanged. Nonwhite pixels darken the result by varying amounts, depending on the blend mode and opacity.

Open image

Duplicate the background layer and rename it “darken+blur”

Add Gaussian blur of 8 pixels or experiment with higher amounts of blur

Change the layer-blending mode to “darken.”

Open a new levels adjustment layer and bring the right slider so it just touches the slope

Darken mode is useful also for dust spotting images