Post by popcorn on Feb 19, 2021 17:48:22 GMT
When using dodge or burn on to lighten or darken parts of images I have struggled to achieve a "natural look.
I stumbled onto a written tutorial which advocated doing the dodging or burning in a separate layer;
· name the layer “Dodge and Burn,”
· select Gray from the Color dropdown menu,
· select Overlay from the Mode dropdown menu, and
· check the box next to “Fill with Overlay neutral color (50% grey )
Select this new layer and a soft brush (keyboard
shortcut b) with about a 10% opacity.
On the new Layer, paint white on the places you want to dodge
and black on the places you want to burn.
It did not work for me and I do not understand the principle behind the method.
How does a 50% grey layer affect the layers below it?
This is like placing a grey fill layer above all the layers below, does 50% grey have no effect on the images below?
How does darkening the colour on the grey layer darken the same areas on the actual image and visa versa for lightening.?
Is the position in the layer stack important, assume you have correction layers between it and the actual original image layer.?
If the method works it will be a game changer for me.
I used it on an image of a bird in a tree, there were irregular areas of intense light in the background which I wanted to subdue.
I tried this method and it did not work for me.
Since I don't understand the effect of a 50% grey fill layer on the layers below, I have no start point to try and figure it out for myself.
Can some-one please help?
I stumbled onto a written tutorial which advocated doing the dodging or burning in a separate layer;
· name the layer “Dodge and Burn,”
· select Gray from the Color dropdown menu,
· select Overlay from the Mode dropdown menu, and
· check the box next to “Fill with Overlay neutral color (50% grey )
Select this new layer and a soft brush (keyboard
shortcut b) with about a 10% opacity.
On the new Layer, paint white on the places you want to dodge
and black on the places you want to burn.
It did not work for me and I do not understand the principle behind the method.
How does a 50% grey layer affect the layers below it?
This is like placing a grey fill layer above all the layers below, does 50% grey have no effect on the images below?
How does darkening the colour on the grey layer darken the same areas on the actual image and visa versa for lightening.?
Is the position in the layer stack important, assume you have correction layers between it and the actual original image layer.?
If the method works it will be a game changer for me.
I used it on an image of a bird in a tree, there were irregular areas of intense light in the background which I wanted to subdue.
I tried this method and it did not work for me.
Since I don't understand the effect of a 50% grey fill layer on the layers below, I have no start point to try and figure it out for myself.
Can some-one please help?
