When we introduce a new object to our landscape, Urban Jungle Photo Editor app automatically generates a new layer for that object. This week's blog post will focus on tools that define the relationship between objects and landscapes. These are called blending modes; each type of blending mode affects how a layer reacts with the layer underneath it. 
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Let us add a moon object to our street, centered between the buildings. As mentioned before, this will generate a layer for this object in the layer menu. Let us select the layer menu.

​We can change the object landscape relationship via the Blend menu. The blend menu is the one with overlapping white and black circles. Touch the icon to see all the different types of blend options available in the Urban Jungle Photo Editor.  

​By default, the Screen blend option is selected for the moon. 'Screen' falls under the category of blend options that lighten the object when blending with the layer underneath it.  Anything part of the layer that is pure black will disappear completely, and conversely, anything that is pure white will remain unchanged. Other shades of gray between black and white will become lighter. Ultimately screen blend option lightens an image. 

Normal, as the name suggests, will keep the object as is. If we want our object layer to remain as is and not blend with the layer underneath, we can select normal. This blending option is also handy if we wish to if to reduce the transparency of the object.

Multiply has the exact opposite effect as the screen blend option. Anything part of the layer that is pure white will disappear completely, and conversely, anything that is pure black will remain unchanged. This blend option also darkens all the shades of gray between black and white. Multiply option overall dims the object with respect to the layer underneath it. 

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​When you add objects in Urban Jungle Photo editor, you can also introduce a reflection of that object underneath it. It makes it look like some reflecting material is underneath that object, like a pool of water. This mirror image of an object adds another layer of complexity and gives you more control over your landscapes.

For today's example, let us add a beautiful fish to this street, a surreal fictional landscape piece. We can see that the fish reflects the pavement below it, an exact mirror image of the object itself. This reflection is generated automatically as soon as we place the object in the Urban Jungle Photo Editor. 

​The Reflection slider helps us change how prominent do we want the reflection to look. Think of it as a transparency slider. By moving the slider more towards the left, we increase the transparency, thus decreasing how clear the reflections look and vice versa.  

​R blur is the Reflection blur control slider. By moving the slider towards the right, we are increasing the blur effect on the object's reflection. In our case, the fish reflection has become more clear and less blurred by moving it towards the left. 

​The R Fade is the Reflection Fade control slider. As we move the slider more towards the right, the reflection slowly disappears from the bottom up. If we were to move the slider towards the maximum right, the reflection would fade away. We can use this to control how the reflections fade away.  

The reflection of an object scales with the object. So if we were to make the fish size bigger or smaller, the reflection would resize proportionally in real-time. Urban Jungle is designed to make editing a more accessible and fun activity. 

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Shadows, they follow us around everywhere! So it’s no surprise working with shadows while editing pictures is important. They are an important ingredient to making your digital landscapes. In this blog post, we will be looking at how to work with shadows in the Urban Jungle Photo Editor.
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Let’s start by adding an object to our landscape. This elephant will do nicely with this street cityscape. Now we can see, by adding the elephant, it comes with a shadow and reflection. The reflection customization we will touch on in a future blog. 

Urban Jungle Photo Editor allows us to change the angle and the length of the shadow. We can do this by placing our finger on the shadow itself and dragging it. If we move our finger right or left, we are changing the shadow angle. By moving the finger up and down, we can change the shadow height.

Shadow angles and length allows us to determine the direction of the light, so by changing these we can set different scenes for different times of the day. 

​After we have decided on shadow angle and length, we can move towards setting its intensity. The shadow sliders allow us to set the intensity of the shadow. By moving the slider to the right, we are increasing how dark the shadow will look. 

​The SH Blur is the slider that controls Shadow Blur. This allows us to control how blur or sharp the shadow will be. By moving the slider to the right, we will be adding more blur to our shadow. You can adjust this setting. 

Well done shadows give depth and intensity to an image. Urban Jungle Photo editor arms you with the easy-to-use tool to manage shadows in images.

Anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac can start editing today with the Urban Jungle Photo Editor. Feel free to scroll through previous blog posts to guide you on how to start.

You can also upgrade to the Pro version and unlock multiple new objects, filters, and much more.

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Let us continue to dive further into the filter tools for objects in the Urban Jungle Photo Editor. We have already covered most of the basic tools in Part One of this series. Today we will be looking at the remaining tools that we have not covered yet. 
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First, as with any of our art pieces, let us set the scene. This elephant will do nicely walking down a brick-paved street.
The Hue slider gives us control over how much red, blue, green, and yellow the color and shade of the overall object is. By sliding around, we can, we can turn our elephant into different shades whilst maintaining the texture. 

The temp tool stands for temperature, again this function similar to the temp tool for backgrounds. This slider alters the color temperature for the selected object, by switching between different light sources for that object. This allows us control over the type of colored light that is illuminating the object.

In our case, let us adjust the color temperature of the elephant to match the lighting conditions of its environment. 

​The tint of an object has a unique effect, like how an object appears behind a tinted window. Using the slider, we can choose between different shades of tint to be applied to the elephant.  

​The blur tool as the name suggests controls how blurry the object appears. By increasing the blur we can go from 100% clear to 100% blurred. 

This concludes our section on filter tools for objects/ layers. In the next guide, we will be looking at different ways to edit the shadows of an object.

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In previous blog posts, we looked at how to work the filters for our backgrounds in Urban Jungle Photo Editor. But what if we want to apply the same filter tools to our layers and objects, how does one go about doing that? Do not worry, as promised today’s blogpost will be diving deep into using filter tools on layers.

We select a new object and place it on top of our background, we see that the filter tools automatically appear above the bottom object menu.

​Let us start with the opacity tool, this slider allows us to set the transparency of the Object/Layer. As we move the slider towards the right, the cheetah becomes more and more transparent. This is great for blending the object with its background. 

​The exposure tool controls the amount of white the object is exposed to, thus by increase it the object appears brighter. We can increase and decrease the exposure of an object to match that of the background, so the object does not look out of place for the environment. 

​Gamma for the object controls the brightness for each pixel, this has a somewhat similar effect to changing the exposure of the image. We can even make the object full white by sliding the slider to maximum. 

​The contrast tool allows us to make the object pop out more, it controls the brightness of different colors of the object. By increasing contrast, the object’s color appears more intense. 

​The saturation tool as the name suggests increase or decrease the saturation of colors of the object. The saturation tool allows us to control the intensity or purity of those colors. By decreasing it like shown below, we can have a black and white cheetah with a hint of its previous colors. 

Urban Jungle Photo Editor gives you the full freedom to express yourself. The filter tools allows us to have more control over our digital art. The Pro version of Urban Jungle Photo Editor unlocks dozens of more objects and filters that can help you broaden your horizons.

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