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Contributor Nicole Young shows us how to dodge and burn in Photoshop.
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Contributor Nicole Young shows us how to dodge and burn in Photoshop.
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this is such a great tip. I’ve never dodged this way. Thanks Nicole!
Excellent tutorial and nice shot Nicole :)
Great tutorial! I learned a lot from that!
Thanks for the video. It would be helpful to explain at the outset what dodging and burning are for the newbies like myself. Thanks!!
That’s brilliant. So much smarter than what I was doing before.
Nice tutorial. Good technique for starters. Nicole works at a perfect pace and explains keyboard shortcuts clearly and memorably. Really nice addition to the site.
Thank you so much for this great video-tutorial !!!
Fantastic !! Many many thanks !!
It would be great to learn more techniques ..
For example, I found these before&after shots, and I would LOVE to learn how to acheive this result.
http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr131/photosJLphotosJL/beforeAfter.jpg
Thank you Scott! Thank you Nicole !
great video.
The few short cuts and direct approach is really going to speed up my workflow.
Thanks Nicole for this tutorial!
I didn’t actually know how to work non-destructively with dodging and burning, so I’ll definitely start implementing this in my current workflow.
This is a good technique that not nearly enough folks know about. I’m actually a little surprised CS4 didn’t have some sort of “non-destructive” dodging and burning tool built in. Well done tutorial!
Awesome video. As a new photographer, I felt that the pace and the information presented was simple and easy to follow. Thanks for the tips :)
Nice tutorial. Will this work in Elements as well?
Hi Marc. I’ve never used Elements before, but I’m pretty sure you can. The technique is pretty simple, definitely something Elements should allow you to do.
Hey Nicole. I heard your interview on Twip. Good stuff. I like your istock image of the elderly man (8468592). I am also an istocker. I’ve never had formal training…so I’m trying to learn all I can from tutorials like this and twip (on my spare time as a university student). Thanks.
Also, IS THE TWIP PODCAST STILL ON ITUNES? (I can’t find it)
Juan
IN CS2 Shift+Ctrl+N opens the New Layer dialog box. In the dialog box change the mode to Overlay and check the box – Fill with Overlay-neutral color (50% gray). You can also rename the layer in this process.
Excellent tutorial. Very helpful. I am anxious to try it out on a few of my images that could use this process.
This was great, thanks. I’ve got a few images sitting in aperture that I’d like to do some additional work to, but I’ve never used Photoshop before. Thanks very much for the helpful keyboard shortcuts!
I liked the way keyboard shortcuts were brought up on screen as text – a much more intuitive way to learn what they are than the usual method of repeating the short cut louder and more slowly (“that’s C O N T R O L P L U S N” – always feels like you’re being talked down to!).
The link to Nicolsey’s blog actually goes to the vimeo page, though. Not sure that’s what was intended :)
Such an excellent tutorial – thank you so much Nicole and TWIP crew.
To quickly create the dodge and burn layer Option/Alt click on the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers pallet, change the Mode to Overlay, and click the Fill with Overlay-neutral color (50% gray) check box. To avoid a blotchy look to your adjustment areas, try to cover as much of the area as possible without releasing your mouse button or raising your pen. Switching the Brush color from black back to white, or vice versa, in an attempt to undo an adjustment will often make things look even worse. In order to move back towards your starting… Read more »
I hadn’t seen this before… I don’t really step into PS much, but for sure a nice thing to know.
Thanks Nicole
I’m not too experienced with photoshop, but what is the advantage of this technique over making a duplicate layer of the image and using the dodge/burn tools? I love seeing how others work on photoshop though. It’s an interesting approach.