|
|
Dodge or burn areas
Used to lighten or darken areas of the image,
the Dodge tool and the Burn tool are based on a traditional photographer’s
technique for regulating exposure on specific areas of a print.
Photographers hold back light to lighten an area on the print (dodging)
or increase the exposure to darken areas on a print (burning).
The more you paint over an area with the Dodge or Burn tool, the
lighter or darker it becomes.
- Select the Dodge tool
 or
the Burn tool  .
- Choose a brush tip and set brush options in the options
bar.
- In the options bar, select one of the following from
the Range menu:
- Midtones
- Changes the middle range of grays
- Shaodws
- Changes the dark areas
- Highlights
- Changes the light areas
- Specify the exposure for the Dodge tool or the Burn tool.
- Click the airbrush button
 to
use the brush as an airbrush. Alternatively, select the Airbrush
option in the Brushes panel.
- Select the Protect Tones option to minimize clipping
in the shadows and highlights. This option also tries to keep colors
from shifting hue.
- Drag over the part of the image you want to lighten or
darken.
|
PDF (adobe.com)
