Apply opacity with blend mode on clip level

[Grimm90]

Hi ,

If you put a clip on a specific blend mode , lets say Difference I, and you change the opacity of that clip on the clip itself , it's not the same result as when you put the layer to Difference I and change the opacity of the layer.

Maybe i'm doing something wrong here and i'm not sure this belongs in feature request.

I would like to be able to set opacity levels on specific clips together with the blend mode , so the clip would blend in the same way as it would when using the layer blend modes & opacity slider.

So when these clips are auto piloting , i don't need to change the layer opacity manually to get the look i want.
Thx!

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[francoe]

It's a great thing to have an opacity control at clip level, independent and not linked to layer blending.
You're asking for a layer blending value based on clip settings.
Like saying ..

Opacity: 100%
Blend Mode: Difference I - Value: 37%

[Grimm90]

err kinda , you can set the opacity of a clip independently , thats correct , but the blend mode applied on that clip doesn't behave to it.

Clip Opacity 50%
Blende mode : Difference I

Should have the same result as Clip opacity at 100% , and layer set to difference I and 50% opacity.

But now it's not, it looks like an alpha blend.
The layer blend mode changed to Difference I* , but as the layer is still at 100% opacity and not affected by the cliip opacity setting , it doesn't work as expected to me at least.

[Zoltán]

Clip Opacity 50%
Blende mode : Difference I
Should have the same result as Clip opacity at 100% , and layer set to difference I and 50% opacity.

Not really, the Layer blend slider's position controls the blending directly. There are more things going on in a layer blend.

Most layer blends at 50% do 100%of the bottom texture and 100% of the current layer texture blending together with the specified blend.
Then when you move the slider up to 100% the blend turns into an Alpha blend of the layer gradually.
https://resolume.com/support/en/layers#types-of-blends

So Clip Opacity 50%, layer Blend mode : Difference I, at 50%
will have the same result as Clip opacity at 100% , and layer set to difference I and 25% opacity.

[Grimm90]

Been trying it , and you are correct.
But for me it doesn't help with a practical issue that i would like to have a layer autopilot through clips and achieve a certain blend mode look only achievable at this or that % of layer opacity.
So the clip can have its own blend mode & opacity , but i still need to manually adjust the layer opacity.

Now with the last update i can select 50 difference, and that actually solves my issue, as the layer can stay at 100% and clips set to this mode will have the difference look i want ( & who now soon a difference I too ? )