Compositing and Blending – Exploring the math and intuition behind blend modes

Your browser is a miracle! Every pixel you see on this page is the result of stacking hundreds of elements on top of each other and deciding, millions of times, pixel by pixel, what the result should look like. Two important steps in this process are compositing and blending, and in this post, we'll get to see what they are, how they work, and where they can be useful when building fun effects on the web. - What compositing is, and what it has to do with blend modes - What a blend mode is and...