Mixing Blendmodes? (Asking for a tip / or Feature Request)

[OdFori]

Hi guys,

I like to use blend modes to experiment and get unusual looks.

In the choice often tho I find myself doubting between two or more options, and end up mixing blend modes together to get just the right look.

I do this by either copying the layer, or creating a symbol if I want to maintain edibility. And setting the transparencies of the layers with certain blend modes.

The problem is that sometimes I find myself in a project where I want to do this for nearly every object.. and find myself in indecision because creating Symbols for everything just seems nuts, and not the right feature for it because in the project the object only is there once, just layered on top of 'itself'.. or in indecision because I every time have to decide if I need to maintain edibility for this object and thus create a Symbol...

Is there a workaround for this?

Otherwise maybe it could become an feature in the sense of an Effect? Just as you have a 'Color Overlay' and 'Gradient Overlay' effect (to which you can apply a Blendmode and Opacity), you can have a 'Content Overlay'/'Content Duplication' Effect.

Currently in Affinity there are no effects that to can have multiple of like I believe is in Adobe software, but this would be  one effect where that would be extremely useful. 

Any ideas or suggestions?

 

Thanks 🙂