Soft Light
The Soft Light composite mode is similar to the Overlay composite mode. Whites and
blacks in the foreground image become translucent but interact with the color values
of the background image. Whites and blacks in the background image, on the other
hand, replace the overlapping areas in the foreground image. All overlapping midrange
color values are mixed together, creating a more even tinting effect than that created
by the Overlay composite mode.
The order of two clip affected by the Soft Light composite mode is important.
Boxes clip on top
Monkey clip on top
Boxes clip on top
Monkey clip on top
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Suggested uses: The Soft Light composite mode is useful for softly tinting a background
image by mixing it with the colors in a foreground image.