# 2022.08 - April 20, 2022

### Virtual Photographer

**Blending Modes and Masking** has been added to Composite layers to reduce the need for manual post-processing and to produce a consistent look & feel at scale.

Using the **Blending Mode** dropdown within Layer properties to select from the following blending modes:

* Normal (default)
* Additive
* Multiply
* Screen
* Overlay
* Lighten
* Darken
* Hue

![](/files/SynADdmrwGJrDyjca865)

Using the **Mask with Layer** option, you can select any other existing layers to use as a mask.

![](/files/Xr3zVLhtTCHr5xTS4RmY)

### Bugs / Cases

* DEV-473 - Issue with collision detection & objects loading positions
* DEV-472 - Issue with collision detection
* DEV-461 - Collision-enabled nodes aren't moved their full distanced
* DEV-436 - Importing Vray materials does not allow us to update existing assets
* DEV-363 - Import modal does not seem to take selections into account


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