Great article and all but there's no way I'm going to remember any of it. I think I'm going to stick to "click different blending modes until it sort of looks right".
> Do you just click different blending modes until it sort of looks right?
> Well, that probably won't change after you read this but at least you probably won't use Lighten or Darken again.
There's no way I'm going to compute in my head "Well this gradient with three colors is going to look like this after I mix it on top of these 3 bottom gradients each with different colors, oh and an image underneath"
Clicking a button beats computing an image in my head in terms of mental energy cost.
Speaking of energy, a physical dial, or scroll control, would be nice to cycle through quickly.
Edit: I do really admire this author's technical deep dives though, very beautifully made
I mean, I didn't calculate what I wanted, but I built a mental model of what each mode does and when to choose which later.