I'm starting a new feature of this blog every week or so to highlight a feature from Illustrator or Photohop that you can add to your design toolbox. It's impossible to know every feature of these programs so I find it helpful sometimes just to focus on one for a bit. The first tool is blending options. this was inspired by a poster I made for a new class being offered on campus that needed some promotion.

Blending is a great way to go when your text looks like it just placed on top of an image. Blending integrates the each graphic element in a design to create a unity throughout. Here it looks as though the text was printed on the box itself.

Blending options in Photoshop are located in the layers panel. On the bottom is an fx pop up menu. The first option is blending options. This will open up another box that offers multiple ways to blend your design. Hope this opens up a few more creative options and keep looking for more Design Toolbox posts!