PixiJS Blend Modes — guide skill for backgrounds & shaders

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Composite PixiJS v8 layers with add, multiply and screen, or advanced modes like overlay and color-burn.

• Type: Guide · Backgrounds & shaders
• Slug: pixijs-blend-modes
• Status: live
• Publisher: PixiJS (vendor, verified)
• License: MIT
• Source: https://github.com/pixijs/pixijs-skills/tree/main/skills/pixijs-blend-modes
• Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
• Requires: PixiJS v8
• Cost: Free — open-source library (MIT)
• Adoption: 5,700 installs, 358 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)

What it does

Compositing display objects with blend modes in PixiJS v8: standard modes (normal, add, multiply, screen, erase, min, max) and advanced modes from pixi.js/advanced-blend-modes (color-burn, overlay, hard-light and more). It explains batch-friendly ordering and fixes back-buffer and high-DPI pitfalls.

Use when

• Light, glow or overlay compositing
• Photoshop-style blend modes in a canvas scene

Install

• Claude Code: npx skills add https://github.com/pixijs/pixijs-skills --skill pixijs-blend-modes -a claude-code
• Codex: npx skills add https://github.com/pixijs/pixijs-skills --skill pixijs-blend-modes -a codex
• Cursor: npx skills add https://github.com/pixijs/pixijs-skills --skill pixijs-blend-modes -a cursor
• Gemini CLI: npx skills add https://github.com/pixijs/pixijs-skills --skill pixijs-blend-modes -a gemini-cli

Example output

https://skills.varg.ai/previews/pixijs-blend-modes.webp — PixiJS v8 launch blog: the same sprite composited over a gradient with ten different blend modes (credit: PixiJS, https://pixijs.com/blog/pixi-v8-launches)

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