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Double exposure is a film and photography technique popular from the dawn of the film camera.
It involves exposing a single film twice before developing the photograph to get an artistic effect.
As the name suggests, the feature lets you merge two images without breaking a sweat.
In addition, it also provides multiple blending modes for you to experiment with.
Let’s show you how to create the double exposure effect using Snapseed.
First, you have to convert the image into black and white.
It helps with the blending modes when exposing the second image.
Before getting started, you could download the Snapseed app for free.
Go toTools>Black and Whiteand choose aColor Filterthat makes your background bright.
Adjust theBrightnessandContrastto get a silhouette.
Keep Contrast to 100 for best results.
Tap on the tick mark to store your edit.
Head toTools>Curvesand select theRGBcolor channel.
Open theEdit Stack>View editsoption, tap onCurves, and openSlack Brush.
Clean any white spots from your subject using the Brush.
You have completed the first step to making a double-exposure image.
You will understand its significance when working with the Blending modes.
Here’s how to use the Double Exposure feature:
Now:
That’s it.
You have your double exposure effect and can experiment with it as much as you want.
it’s possible for you to add objects to another image or create something similar to a movie poster.
We also have a guide forcreating a double exposure effect in Photoshop.
The Slack Brush is similar tousing layers and masks in Photoshop.
There are a total of six Blending Styles, here’s how they are different from each other.
Default
The Default mode adds the second image to the first one with 50% opacity.
Lighten
The Lighten mode will pick up the brighter pixels from the two images.
Darken
The Darken mode is exactly the opposite of Lighten.
It will pick up the darker pixels from the two images.
Subtract
The Subtract mode is the opposite of the Add mode.
As the name suggests, it subtracts the second layer from the base layer.
It is one of the most useful and complex blend modes in Snapseed.
All blend modes work best at 50% opacity, which is set by default.
For Adobe users, here’show to use the blending mode in Photoshop.
