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How to make a transparent shape for example a rectangle that increase the brightness of background color or other shape like image below. The background color is dark blue, the shape make the color more bright.

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You can add a white shape into a new top layer which has blending mode "Value" or "Overlay". Adjust the layer opacity smaller, if needed.

A white shape has been added:

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The blending mode has been changed to Value, the opacity has been reduced to keep the color possible to produce

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Unfortunately the white shape must have something under. Against transparency it becomes visible as white:

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You can do it with layers, and blend modes.

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The Background layer is solid colour

Layer 2 is filled light blue, solid colour

Layer 3 has is solid darker blue, with Blending mode set to Pin Light.

Layer 4 is a line filled with a very light blue, Blending mode set to Lightness (LHC)

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