Blend mode not showing as it should?

[AnOwl]

Hi,

The blend mode doesn't seem like its working, am I doing something wrong or maybe there's something inactive?

I...
Open a photo.
Duplicate and disable one.
ctrl+i (invert photo)
Filters > Sharpen > High Pass...
In the Blend Mode drop down located in the 'Layers' tab/window on the right, I change it to Vivid Light and nothing changes

Did I miss something? 😕
 

Best,

[firstdefence]

Welcome to the forum  @AnOwl

Re High Pass, use the Live Filter from the Layers panel, that way you have editability on the fly. Also you can change the blend mode of the filter so you have no need to duplicate the image.

[iconoclast]

At first, firstdefences hint is very good (as always). The second: for the normal High Pass Filter, you need two layers, even the duplicate. But both must be visible. If you apply the Highpass Filter to the top layer, it will only contain grey and some contrast informations of image objects taken from the image. If you apply this layer to the bottom layer, using the Blend Mode "Overlay", you will get the image sharpened. And you can adjust the sharpening with the opacity slider of the top layer. But, by the way, you can also use the Highpass layer to unsharpen the image if you use other Blend Modes, like e.G. "Subtract", as far as I remember. Only to clarify the method. As I said, firstdefence's hint should work. AfPhoto makes this workflow a little easier with it's Live Filter.

[AnOwl]

Awesome!
I feel like I learned months worth of stuff from just your comments, lol.

Thanks guys!