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The next step would be to play around with Layer Modes which, I believe, is one of the most exciting aspects of graphic design. Let’s leave layer “lower shine” for awhile and let’s get back to layer “upper shine”, and change its layer mode to make it look more appealing and following a scheme in accordance to the color of the sphere. To do this, let’s select “upper shine” layer on the Layers Window and right above the Opacity Slider is a dropdown menu containing lots of interesting layer modes, each having its own distinct advantages. You can play around and choose whichever suits your vision the best. I chose Overlay for that matter. Ever since I’ve started GIMPing, this layer mode has been my best friend for a couple of years already, it works like a charm most of the time. I wonder though why on some applications, applying the overlay layer mode does different results. As in the case of Photoshop, the closest I could get with GIMP’s overlay is the Screen mode. You’ve got to play around a bit and see which works best for you.

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