Contrast Blend Mode Adjustment with Blend Ranges

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11 months ago

The stronger Contrast Blend Modes of Vivid Light and Linear Light tend to be overly strong in effect. Here’s a simple and effective way of controlling this in darks, mid-range and lights zones.

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