Application of layer overlay blending mode in Web page design

Many of the sonar readers of flying fish often ask me how the light effect of the button like in is done? In fact, it's very simple to create a new layer, brush or ellipse to draw white, Gaussian blur, and then change the layer blending mode to layer overlay. However, in this article we do not discuss the specific technology, and to see as the above button through the white overlay to create a button of the highlight, we have to understand a layer of overlay mode in the web design of the application, and then through different instances to understand the basic effect of layer overlay blending mode, it is more freely applied to our design. 5 years of well-developed UI front-end framework!

Case one icon design adds color saturation and contrast

The question of how to discuss the layer overlay blending mode is due to the fact that I personally follow the online tutorial when doing the icon design exercise, I found that the designer consciously used the layer overlay to increase the contrast of the light and shade, create a very good color effect, and if you do not understand the principle of superimposed blending mode, It's hard to think of a way to complete the design. Here's what I'm going to do in the practice, a retro round gold seat:

In the process of creating the chair back, the designer first uses the angled gradient overlay to create the metallic texture of the seatback.

Next, he copies the layer, places it above the original layer, and changes the layer blending mode to overlay, which is what deserves our attention, as we can see from this step that the back of the chair increases the saturation of the overall color, opening the brightness of the highlights and shadows, thus making the gold texture even more prominent. Of course, you can completely adjust the effect of the gradient overlay directly, skip the layer overlay step, but in the initial adjustment of the color is not very satisfactory, you need to know how the layer overlay can also be achieved by the way. 5 years of well-developed UI front-end framework!

On the highlight effect of creating a lap around the seat, I also used the white layer overlay that I mentioned earlier, where a soft brush was used to achieve the design effect.

Case two logo design to add the texture of the elements. 5 years of well-developed UI front-end framework!

In this page design tutorial logo creation, the red on the application of the vertical gradient layer from black to white overlay, and then by adjusting the opacity, so that the logo has a bulge visual effect, by adding layer overlay mode as the old brush, so that the logo looks more textured, it is very common to relate to icons, button and logo design steps. 5 years of well-developed UI front-end framework!

Case three: Creating a Web Background scene to create a holistic atmosphere

In this magical-style page design, the castle background with the red oval frame at the top of the page is also implemented in layer overlay mode. For example, the designer first found a picture of a magical-style Spanish castle, placed it after the document, using the channel blending adjustment layer to turn the picture into gray tones, and then change the layer blending mode of the picture to overlay mode to get a low-key gloomy background. Later, the designer added an irregular brush to the background to make the whole atmosphere more intense. 5 years of well-developed UI front-end framework!

The balloon image on the lower left of the logo also uses the layer pattern of the color overlay to give the balloon a whole blue background, so that it blends better into the atmosphere. The original picture of the balloon is this:

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Application of layer overlay blending mode in Web page design