Two techniques for non-destructive dodging and burning with Photoshop

6/24/2016 ISO 1200 Magazine 0 Comments

Nathaniel Dodson will talk about dodging and burning and how to use it to bring in that selective contrast that we talked about way back in part 1 of this series. He will show you his two favorite techniques for non-destructive dodging and burning and how he likes to duplicate and blur his dodge and burn layers to blend the effect into the image and get a great effect.

VIDEO GUIDE:

01:27 Quick & dirty dodge and burn method
03:13 Setting up the Curves Adjustment Layers
03:49 Setting the Brush tool
04:33 Begin with burning
09:06 Highlights and dodging
12:54 Smoothing the dodging and burning

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I’m Nathaniel Dodson and I’ve been running Tutvid.com since September of 2006. I am a young web designer and celebrity-style portrait photographer. Let's Get Connected: tutvid.com