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# vImage.BlendMode.screen

Sets the destination pixel as the inverted product of the inverted corresponding source pixels.

```
case screen
```

## Discussion

The following image shows the result of compositing using the screen blend mode:

![Graphic showing the screen blend mode composite operation.](images/com.apple.accelerate/media-3958277@2x.png)

The bottom-right quadrant in the result is identical to the corresponding quadrant in the bottom layer because the operation multiplies each bottom-layer pixel value by `1.0`. For example, if the source pixel value is `0.5`, the destination pixel value is `0.5`:

```swift
dest = 1 - (1 - 0.5) * (1 - 0.0) // dest = 0.5
```

The top-right quadrant in the result is brighter than the corresponding quadrant in the bottom layer. In this quadrant, the top-layer and bottom-layer pixel values are identical. For example, if the source pixel value is `0.5`, the destination pixel value is `0.75`:

```swift
dest = 1 - (1 - 0.5) * (1 - 0.5) // dest = 0.75
```

## See Also

  <doc://com.apple.accelerate/documentation/Accelerate/compositing-images-with-alpha-blending>



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