Photoshop CC Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Stan Sholik

Author:Stan Sholik
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Visual
Published: 2019-06-13T16:00:00+00:00

#52

ADJUST EXPOSURE LOCALLY with a dodge and burn layer

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Dodge and burn are traditional photographic techniques used in wet darkrooms to hold back or add exposure to selected areas of photographic paper exposed under an enlarger. Photoshop includes Dodge and Burn tools in the Toolbox. But these tools destructively change pixels. There are two alternative techniques you can use to dodge and burn that work nondestructively.

With both methods, you dodge and burn on a new layer without changing pixels in the original image. When you save the image with layers as a PSD file, the dodge and burn layer is saved. You can open the PSD file later and reedit the dodge and burn layer without changing image information.

One method uses the Overlay blend mode. The other uses the Soft Light blend mode. With either method, you paint at a low opacity with white or black on the new layer to burn or dodge. Use the method that suits you or the image better.

Dodge and Burn with the Overlay Blend Mode

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