Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Dodge and Burn

I thought I would present to you the example of Dodge and burn from a photo that I showed you previously. The way I achieved the precision around the glass was to select the glass area, burn it so it become dark and then select inverse and dodge the rest. I did the same with the second one, but here I left more shadow underneath the glass on the ground.


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  1. Angela M*July 28, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    Mr. Burke,

    I would like it if you explain to me please, exactly, how you selected the table top in Gimp.By clicking the burn area it then darken it?

    Angela

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  2. CCV Digital Photography 1July 28, 2010 at 4:25 PM

    OK,
    Make sure you have duplicated your image to a new layer. Shut off the original. This is for the circle. Go to your Ellipse selection tool. "E". Once you have selected what you want, go to your dodge/burn tool. Use a Circle Fuzzy Brush that is fairly large. If it is too small it will leave streaks. Play with the fade, Range, Exposure, and Opacity to see what you get for results. What selecting does is it will leave the unselected areas alone. Once you are satisfied with what you have, go to Select->Inverse and then treat the remaining area with what you want.

    Hope this helps....

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  3. Angela M*August 1, 2010 at 7:22 PM

    Mr.Burke,

    Thank you for the explanation. I appreciate

    this...I will try it ....


    Angela Michaels/Mitchell

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