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title: "09 - Blend Modes and Opacity"
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description: "Depending on the original content, desired effect, and the degree of subtlety desired, you may want to dial back the Source Opacity and/or Shine Opacity …"
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# Shine

## Opacity and Blend Modes

![Image: TC_Shine_SourceRayMenu.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/TC_Shine_SourceRayMenu.png)

Depending on the original content, desired effect, and the degree of subtlety desired, you may want to dial back the Source Opacity and/or Shine Opacity values. By default, Shine sets both of these values to 100.0. However, experiment to see how changing these can deliver interesting results. In the following image, for example, we moved the Source Point behind the letter T, then lowered the Source Opacity to 0. The logotype becomes invisible, but the Shine effect created by that logotype remains.

![Image: TC_Shine_SourceOpacity0.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/TC_Shine_SourceOpacity0.png)

Shine’s Blend Mode pop-up menu lets you composite the “shined” image onto the source image. The examples below showcase the different Blend Modes. Most are identical to those found in Adobe After Effects. Notable exceptions include “None” (which eliminates the source layer, leaving only Shine) and “Behind” (which composites the Shine effect behind the source layer).

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ![Mode Original](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_source_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode None](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_none_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Normal](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_normal_trapcode-shine.png) |
| Source image | None | Normal |
| ![Mode Add](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_add_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Multiply](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_multiply_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Screen](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_screen_trapcode-shine.png) |
| Add | Color Dodge | Screen |
| ![Mode Overlay](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_overlay_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Softlight](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_softlight_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Hardlight](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_hardlight_trapcode-shine.png) |
| Overlay | Soft Light | Hard Light |
| ![Mode Color Dodge](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_colordodge_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Color Burn](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_colorburn_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Darken](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_darken_trapcode-shine.png) |
| Color Dodge | Color Burn | Darken |
| ![Mode Lighten](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_lighten_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Difference](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_difference_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Exclusion](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_exclusion_trapcode-shine.png) |
| Lighten | Difference | Exclusion |
| ![Mode Hue](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_hue_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Saturation](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_saturation_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Color](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_color_trapcode-shine.png) |
| Hue | Saturation | Color |
| ![Mode Luminosity](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_luminosity_trapcode-shine.png) | ![Mode Behind](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/blend_behind_trapcode-shine.png) |  |
| Luminosity | Behind |  |