Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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✔️ Tested in 2020.3 ➕ 2021.1

Unity's shader graph blend node has twenty-two modes! Each combines two colors using a different formula. In this video, I look at the math behind each mode and see how it affects a couple of sample images.

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💬 Video transcript
► docs.google.com/document/d/1M5OIOv14YUtvTu9X3AEVmFHnaUXAgciRrDwPR2p3Y4M/edit?usp=sharing

⏲️ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:16 How it works
1:38 Overwrite
2:00 Darkening modes
3:50 Lightening modes
5:50 Contrast modes
10:00 Inversion modes
12:38 Closing remarks
12:59 Wrap up and credits

🎖️ Credits, references and further reading:
• Jesus Ramirez: Blending Modes Explained - photoshoptrainingchannel.com/blending-modes-explained/#screen
• Unity Technologies: Blend Node - docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.shadergraph@10.5/manual/Blend-Node.html
• Matt Bango: Sun Trees - stocksnap.io/photo/sun-trees-NKXROHGQGF
• Nick Karvounis: Canal Water - stocksnap.io/photo/canal-water-GCZ32Y9RLS

Music:
Wind Of The Rainforest Preview by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5729-wind-of-the-rainforest-preview
License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

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