# Flame Blending Modes **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Tags:** comp, blending-modes\ **Created:** [March 12, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-blending-modes/12462 "2025-03-12T13:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/fabi/32/14709_2.png) [@Fabi](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Fabi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-blending-modes/12462/1 "2025-03-12T13:16:08Z")
Hi folks, i have almost 6 years of Flame experience and have never used or even tried these blending modes because I don’t understand them. Is there anyone who can tell me what they do or what they are for? Or is there an old tutorial where they are explained. ![Flame_BlendingModes](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/2/2c6093a41d0c373a7cf180ecb3ae09e0d0d2f185.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![FrancisBouillon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@FrancisBouillon](https://forum.logik.tv/u/FrancisBouillon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-blending-modes/12462/2 "2025-03-12T13:27:43Z")
Hi, Those are binary blending modes, they basically convert decimal to 1 or 0 do the binary operation and then convert it back to decimals. Unfortunately, I do not think we have good documentation on those. However, I found online a few of those explained pretty well: > **[Binary](https://docs.krita.org/fr/reference_manual/blending_modes/binary.html)** > > Page about the binary blending modes in Krita: Francis. ---
**Author:** ![Fabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/fabi/32/14709_2.png) [@Fabi](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Fabi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-blending-modes/12462/3 "2025-03-12T13:32:24Z")
cool thanks for the quick reply i’ll take a look right now! ---
**Author:** ![allklier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/allklier/32/4309_2.png) [@allklier](https://forum.logik.tv/u/allklier)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-blending-modes/12462/5 "2025-03-20T02:25:18Z")
Nuke has good documentation on the blending modes and the math behind it. Flame modes a generally the same, but names might differ a bit. > **[Merge](https://learn.foundry.com/nuke/content/reference_guide/merge_nodes/merge.html)** ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-blending-modes/12462/7 "2025-03-21T15:09:00Z")
You could always ask [Senor Blanco](https://www.linkedin.com/in/senorblanco/). Such a legend. ---
**Author:** ![johnt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnt/32/14040_2.png) [@johnt](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnt)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-blending-modes/12462/8 "2025-03-22T10:11:24Z")
On fxguide there was a great post with a working demo using black and white circles (or something). It was ace. I have tried many times using way back machine etc to find it. Posting here in case it jogs anyone’s memory. ---
**Author:** ![Sinan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sinan/32/155_2.png) [@Sinan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sinan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-blending-modes/12462/9 "2025-03-22T10:41:51Z")
Yes! I remember that. It was with gradients and color bars afaik. I have also searched in vain to find it. ---
**Author:** ![BrittCiampa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@BrittCiampa](https://forum.logik.tv/u/BrittCiampa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-blending-modes/12462/10 "2025-03-22T15:16:53Z")
One of my favorite books on the planet. A compositing Bible of sorts. Has a chapter that breaks down blend mode math for the most common operations. I try to get every junior I meet to read it but I don’t think anyone wants to read books anymore in the age of YouTube. But it’s a timeless treasure trove. ![IMG_2728](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/1/1f6e65c3417170ac9b6be879aa73d94d1499e321.jpeg)