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Dodge or Burn....

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........This is a way of dodging and burning that I learn't from the NAPP website that makes the PS tools look ancient.

Create an empty layer above your image, and fill it with 50% grey. Change the blending mode to overlay, and your image should appear unaltered.
Make sure you foreground and background colours are set to black and white, and using the paint brush, paint onto the 50% grey layer. Painting with black burns the image, and the white lightens it. By altering the brush's opacity you can control the strengh of the effect.
When your happy, just flatten the image.
This processis for Photoshop, but I am sure that other software has the same features.
Have fun, you will never use the dodge and burn tools again.

Till next time.......

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KarenFB (Junior Gallery Team)

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27 Oct 2011 - 7:34 AM

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Thanks!

Written in my 'purple' book to try next time!

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cattyal (e2 Member)

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27 Oct 2011 - 8:27 AM

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Works a treat on the rather ancient copy of Paint Shop Pro I've got on my office machine - thanks

Pete (ePHOTOzine Staff)

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27 Oct 2011 - 11:40 AM

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Useful tip and worth adding use the X key to switch from black to white

I still prefer using dodge and burn tool though as you can control the individual adjustment of midtones, shadows or highlights along with opacity.

Calibrate your monitor so you can see 16 different shades.

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