![pine trees pine trees](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRGJ4JDH_9E2TaNdK1x2nRw5K_Xwqdz87dssr8kjDQI7aARmT55NRCHy8KuKFrktGQmg2asJqK_p9wbPRcS5gz6y1vrInyhK_sQyH3-UoUn-fMhQIvjYG9Bm2_YgqgHa_WjzNZ7HMLlo/s320/pines.jpg)
I have a hard time remembering what each of the blend mode effects look like so I used to keep going up to the blend mode drop down box to press buttons until I found the desired effect. There's a nice shortcut.
![tree bark tree bark](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1VucXcQFLHPEh7EodT6RO_7usIPrDK7HYR41_htaUdiYsHqQtit5O80qnLqT_whZzcChPTzy-kUiPYMa9pe1mPqBLJ6Xp9lGLK67HKZPwQEkaGQly_9rLnw-FYPZAHREhqZkKcDwVaos/s320/bark.jpg)
I'm starting with a photo of some evergreens in the woods and a photo of tree bark which you can see in the layers palette.
Press the v key to ensure the move tool is active.
Hold shift + to move forward or shift - to move backward
![screen shot layers panel screen shot layers panel](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VH3qkWhd6PNyweyxbJ1wZtHuXSp-LjHg9CDYP-eQ285IpD6hbxDYm3xU4acAhRIKpScMQZR99pmPK9XLUNEu0uBb_GGZt68PBZBfW3QIWLgKbDJ0Lxqd_kPQNsPu7PF9iKebISA2D_k/s320/Picture+10.png)
![screen shot layers panel screen shot layers panel](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cTPlY7q26NWM3JMR6_8kPZZgS5qhmJ9OEd2Jhly4JBo6p8xGG84vYRSmY8maUKccJfHRx1gUzcT9fkxL8NcrZ7Z6sOeKs2nE3FAG8nHIYlf6ZMYZtnGHwk3Pdl1_JNMz_lnye1XBTvE/s320/Picture+11.png)
![tree bark blended with pine branches tree bark blended with pine branches](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3IY7DFGNrTH7vUaZ4MVf2Uwf3s7usy6GD0KpO9GkDQ80lPndbM60SlD1B0JuPqALgfRZ-viLakNtSwwJDNJ_DP3BrDW-SYZ70K5FCs3CsCqgNWxhdUv-Vvpt9t5eS35h8jcegaNQqAE/s320/Picture+12.jpg)
Voila! The woods are blended with tree bark using hard light. This is at 100% opacity but you can press the little down facing arrow (this brings up a slider) and the opacity slider can be easily adjusted for additional variation.
The same shortcut applies to the blending mode for paint brushes but you press b instead of v.
A quick way to change the opacity is press numbers on the keyboard. 5 would be 50%, 1 would be 10%, etc.
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