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Hi there! In this video we’ll be discussing
blending modes in InDesign, so let’s get started.

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I already have this image opened in InDesign,
and it appears to be a pretty colorful image.

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Let’s grab the ellipse tool, and add a circle
to one of the sides, to create some sort of

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effect. Now I’m going to drag the circle
in such a way that part of it is on top of

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our image, and rest is outside of the printing
area. Rather than adding a color from the

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color palette, let’s pick the eyedropper
tool, and steal a color from the image, so

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with my shape selected, I’m going to select
this color.

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Alright! Now I have two options. Either I
can reduce the opacity of this color, in order

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to have the background reveal itself, in which
case it’s going to look something like this,

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or we can add one of the blending modes.

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For people who’ve come from Photoshop, or
Illustrator, would know what blending modes

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are. They control how the base color, which
is the underlying color in the artwork, interacts

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with the blend color, which is the color
of the selected object, or group of objects.

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The resulting color is the color resulting
from the blend.

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Let’s first change the opacity of our shape
back to 100%. There are three ways you can

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access the blending modes in InDesign. First
is this fx option that you see on top, click

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it, and then select the ‘transparency’
option, and you’ll land at blending modes

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screen. You can even access the blending modes
by selecting your shape, and then right-clicking

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it, and then go to ‘effect’, and then
‘transparency.’ Lastly, you can go to

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‘object, and then effects, and select ‘transparency’,
so let’s click transparency from here. You’ll

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find the blending dropdown list, from which
you can chose any mode, to your liking. Actually,

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let’s check the preview box first. Now you
see the effect that you get from using these

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blending modes is way different than what
you get by reducing the opacity of the shape,

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as these modes let you vary the ways in which
the colors of stacked objects blend, giving

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your shape a completely different look. You
can even control the opacity of your blend,

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using the opacity slider here, in case the
intensity of the chosen mode is too high,

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so when you apply a blending mode to an object,
its colors blend with all objects beneath

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it, giving more weight to the effect, so do
make good use of it.

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Alright guys! That concludes our session,
and it’s time for a short break, and I’m

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going to see you in just a bit. Good bye!