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And there are all sorts of tones and techniques out there, each with a bit of a different feel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLPjPOZQjCWEk_7kOjytjmEc4J7k6qVtmj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s<\/a> a playlist of 38 (and counting) videos showing different ways to make, use, and misuse, the decadent illusion of shaded relief.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some previews of a standard hillshade compared to the method we&#8217;ll make here&#8230;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1553242,"id":1553242,"title":"BeforeAfterSmall","filename":"BeforeAfterSmall.gif","filesize":1571870,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/fun-ambient-hillshade-in-arcgis-pro\/beforeaftersmall","alt":"Comparing default hillshading and multiscale hillshading.","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"beforeaftersmall","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1553222,"date":"2022-04-14 18:00:01","modified":"2022-04-14 18:00:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":480,"height":540,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall.gif","medium-width":232,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall.gif","medium_large-width":480,"medium_large-height":540,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall.gif","large-width":480,"large-height":540,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall.gif","1536x1536-width":480,"1536x1536-height":540,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall.gif","2048x2048-width":480,"2048x2048-height":540,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall-413x465.gif","card_image-width":413,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall.gif","wide_image-width":480,"wide_image-height":540}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BeforeAfterSmall.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>And another of the myriad cool things about blend modes, is the ability to blend the hillshade into a basemap or data layer. 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This video is sponsored by Mrs. Beach, who taught me English and creative writing. Thanks Mrs. Beach!<\/p>\n<p>1:02 Using the &#8220;statistics&#8221; raster function, I make two copies of the original DEM. One with a 10 pixel blur and one with a 20 pixel blur. Turn off the blurred layers.<\/p>\n<p>1:44 Run the &#8220;hillshade&#8221; raster function on all three of the elevation layers (the original DEM and the two blurred versions).<\/p>\n<p>2:10 Apply the &#8220;soft light&#8221; blend mode to all three hillshade layers.<\/p>\n<p>2:49 Run the &#8220;slope&#8221; raster function on the three elevation layers, and invert their color gradient in the symbology panel.<\/p>\n<p>3:31 Use the &#8220;multiply&#8221; blend mode on all three slope layers to composite the darkness of the slopes together.<\/p>\n<p>4:09 Create a &#8220;hillshade&#8221; of the slope layer. Invert the gradient of the result in the symbology panel. The result is an elevation edge-detection.<\/p>\n<p>4:53 Use the &#8220;soft light&#8221; blend mode on the hillshaded slope layer to crustify the terrain and make plateaus and river channels pop.<\/p>\n<p>5:29 Optionally, group all the hillshade layers, and add an imagery basemap. Apply an &#8220;overlay&#8221; blend mode to the hillshade group to really bumpify the imagery.<\/p>\n<p>6:08 Alternatively, try the &#8220;luminosity&#8221; blend mode on the hillshade group for a nice basemap-colorized hillshade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If some of this looks familiar, it should! It is a refinement (and big simplification of) a handful of components, which you can see the theory around, and steps to create, here&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiscale hillshade: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4aefnrQJvMg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/4aefnrQJvMg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Using slope for hillshade: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4RRcl2_Weds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/4RRcl2_Weds<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hacking a vertical edge detection to en-crisp-ify terrain: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BJzt-87HpqY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/BJzt-87HpqY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are wondering, &#8220;say, can the resulting composite stack of shade layers be smashed together and used in ArcGIS Online?&#8221; The answer is yes, and for this you would use the &#8220;Manage Tile Cache&#8221; geoprocessing tool to create the hillshade tiles locally, then the &#8220;Export Tile Cache&#8221; geoprocessing tool to push them to ArcGIS Online. Tommy Fauvell has made a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dJVEnNWyNCU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">really helpful video<\/a> showing how to do this.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching\/trying, friends! If you use this method, or riff on it with your own tweaks, I&#8217;d love to see it!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mapping, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/johnmnelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John<\/a><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":6971,"user_firstname":"John","user_lastname":"Nelson","nickname":"John Nelson","user_nicename":"j_nelson","display_name":"John Nelson","user_email":"John_Nelson@esri.com","user_url":"http:\/\/www.adventuresinmapping.com","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:19:05","user_description":"I have far too much fun looking for ways to understand and present data visually, hopefully driving product strategy and engaging users. I work in the ArcGIS Living Atlas team at Esri, pushing and pulling data in all sorts of absurd ways and then sharing the process. 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