'Dodging' in Photoshop
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From: James McNangle on 4 Apr 2007 21:47 I was recently adjusting an image in Photoshop. The exposure was somewhat uneven, and if I had been doing it in a darkroom 50 years ago I could have darkened some areas by holding a bit of card over them for part of the exposure, and moving it to around so that the darkened area did not have sharp edges. Similarly I could have lightened other areas by holding a card with a hole in it over the printing paper so that only those areas got some additional exposure. I know how to mask areas, and modify the brightness in those areas, but how do I give the masks a graded edge, so that I don't get sharp discontinuities? James McNangle
From: ronviers on 4 Apr 2007 22:01 On Apr 4, 8:47 pm, James McNangle <mcnan...(a)westnet.com.au> wrote: > I was recently adjusting an image in Photoshop. The exposure was somewhat > uneven, and if I had been doing it in a darkroom 50 years ago I could have > darkened some areas by holding a bit of card over them for part of the exposure, > and moving it to around so that the darkened area did not have sharp edges. > Similarly I could have lightened other areas by holding a card with a hole in it > over the printing paper so that only those areas got some additional exposure. > > I know how to mask areas, and modify the brightness in those areas, but how do I > give the masks a graded edge, so that I don't get sharp discontinuities? > > James McNangle Hi James, All the selection tools work with dodge. For example you could laso and area then feather the dodge. HTH, Ron
From: ronviers on 4 Apr 2007 22:03 On Apr 4, 9:01 pm, "ronvi...(a)gmail.com" <ronvi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 4, 8:47 pm, James McNangle <mcnan...(a)westnet.com.au> wrote: > > > I was recently adjusting an image in Photoshop. The exposure was somewhat > > uneven, and if I had been doing it in a darkroom 50 years ago I could have > > darkened some areas by holding a bit of card over them for part of the exposure, > > and moving it to around so that the darkened area did not have sharp edges. > > Similarly I could have lightened other areas by holding a card with a hole in it > > over the printing paper so that only those areas got some additional exposure. > > > I know how to mask areas, and modify the brightness in those areas, but how do I > > give the masks a graded edge, so that I don't get sharp discontinuities? > > > James McNangle > > Hi James, > All the selection tools work with dodge. For example you could laso > and area then feather the dodge. > > HTH, > Ron My spelling sucks. SB laso an area then feather the selection then dodge.
From: KatWoman on 4 Apr 2007 22:06 "James McNangle" <mcnangle(a)westnet.com.au> wrote in message news:77l813d0bn4mdne2aa383ed64n2vnaed82(a)4ax.com... >I was recently adjusting an image in Photoshop. The exposure was somewhat > uneven, and if I had been doing it in a darkroom 50 years ago I could have > darkened some areas by holding a bit of card over them for part of the > exposure, > and moving it to around so that the darkened area did not have sharp > edges. > Similarly I could have lightened other areas by holding a card with a hole > in it > over the printing paper so that only those areas got some additional > exposure. > > I know how to mask areas, and modify the brightness in those areas, but > how do I > give the masks a graded edge, so that I don't get sharp discontinuities? > > > James McNangle try select>feather or if you are using the lasso tool set the edge to be soft like 25-35 in the feather box check the select using the mask/unmask box at bottom of toolbar, you can paint on the mask with a soft brush too. OR you could use the dodge/ burn tools with a very soft edge brush choose tool and set options in brush dropdown use VERY small number like 6% the default is 50%>> way too high for most areas! it has wonderful options like only affecting the highlights or shadows (dropdown) much easier and more precise than the little wands because you don't have to rush, it's more intuitive and similar to old darkroom technique Some here will tell you it's destructive to your original, lose pixel data etc. whatever I say sometimes you don't want every pixel in your original to show or you wouldn't retouch it at all.
From: ronviers on 4 Apr 2007 23:25
On Apr 4, 9:06 pm, "KatWoman" <XXXJoliePrincessKatana...(a)hotmail.com> > Some here will tell you it's destructive to your original, lose pixel data > etc. > whatever > I say sometimes you don't want every pixel in your original to show or you > wouldn't retouch it at all. I find destructive edits baffling, especially in a case like this when there are simple alternatives, but I admit the results are the same and I admire the damn the torpedoes attitude. |