5 Ways Blend If in Photoshop Will Blow Your Mind!

The Zone Systems Master Class is almost ready for its big debut! In the meantime, check out this free Bonus Video complete with Actions and Textures.

One of the big new updates in the upcoming Zone Systems Course is the use of "Blend If" options. These are stuck in the Layer Styles of any layer and are quite possibly the most powerful tools in Photoshop.

In this free tutorial I will show you just how powerful they can be when combined with techniques you already use in your workflow. One of the creative ways you can use Blend If is in the photo texturing process.

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[xzpwtzm]

Blake being witty with a cool sense of humor, being extremely articulate and clear in your tutorial should suffice, but you are (in my opinion) a true gem among the sea of experts. Each one of your tutorials is superb! Thank you.

[johnsamuelmcelroy]

Very good information on blend if. Thanks! I'll be looking at more of your videos.

[valeretorfs]

More than nice tips. Specially the "vignettes", simply Awesome. THANKS to sharing it.

[sayedmohdsalman]

Every time I see this I want to like it....a big thank you

[bl]

you're a blend if God. Learned so much

[antonoat]

Superb video, thanks for sharing this, cheers.

[mshake]

Excellent. An often forgotten yet powerful tool to use.

[Nazareth]

awesome vignette tip- for noise reduction on shadows- a luminosity mask will work too- making selections just in darks. or midtones or whatever tones you wish- I have an action for luminosity masks- so it's just a quick click to select darks, then run aggressive noise reduction on it- you can quickly control or increase the tones it covers by clicking "alt/L" key and adventist the slider- to increase or decrease tonal range- just another way to quickly apply noise reduction or sharpen to specific tones- Your saturation tip is great too- one of the best I've seen-

[paulpurpura]

I divide history into to parts, before Blend If, and after Blend If. It’s one amazing tool that I am using more and more in my workflow.,

[futzalfan]

Nice. Explanation of usage was unique. Will have to try in the ways you've described. Thank you for your unselfish sharing of info . . . for free!!!

[Sudhakartravelbytes]

Hi Thank you very much for sharing such wonderful and useful techniques.

[DanielChauLifeThroughLens]

You are amazing of showing these techniques, I've learned so much.
Many thanks.

[stephenspiteri_zunkus]

Great tutorial. Simple yet very effective

[sue]

As usual a great video and great technique.

[SuperNashwanPower]

Excellent video - I've watched lots of Youtube tutorials but this one added a load of interesting and useful techniques to my arsenal in a clear and easily understood way. Thanks!

[Lengo]

+f64 This is great, however there's a lot of ground covered. I hope I can remember it all.

I've got the download started from your site. I'll subscribe to get your bleeps on new tutorials. You are one of two I'm willing to subscribe to. You speak well, but you cover a lot of ground. That makes it difficult to remember all these things (I'm old and forgetful).

I've learned a lot here. I'll go over it again and again if need be! This is way cool of you to offer these tuts.

Thanks heaps! You're a great guy!

[dayamutha]

Thanks for the video. Shows how useful Blend If is.

[dilpreetsingh]

This is an amazing tutorial. Please keep them coming up and inspiring us!

[cyberpixels]

Pretty great especially enjoyed the BlendIf info for vignettes and textures. Thank you! :)))

[guywolek]

Your videos are insane!!! I learn so much. A HUGE thank you!