Color mode (multiply) for image overlay

Hi Leslie. Thanks for the update, but I would like to stress that adjusting transparency is absolutely not the same thing at all. It's fundamentally different. And I know I am probably mansplaining here, and for that, I do apologise, but I do think that suggesting transparency as a solution is a cop-out on behalf of Articulate.

MULTIPLY - It's unique among all the blend modes in that it's the only one named after the actual math that Photoshop performs behind the scenes when you have the Multiply mode selected. Photoshop takes the colours from the layer that's set to the Multiply blend mode and multiplies them by the colours on the layer(s) below it, then divides them by 255 to give us the result. - Photoshop Essentials

It allows for the base image to be seen with more definition. As opposed to transparency which simply muddies both 'layers'. Multiply also has the added benefit of rendering any white on the multiplied layer to become essentially invisible which can give rise to very interesting mask effects.

NORMAL

SOLID

80% OPACITY = 20% TRANSPARENCY

80% MULTIPLY

Why is it still offered as an option when it OBVIOUSLY does not work as intended? It's embarrassingly weird that there is an entire section of formatting within the software that is broken, and you guys are doing nothing to address the fact.