Article · Tara Lesher Education
Three Methods to Dodge and Burn
By Tara Lesher
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
Photographer Tara Lesher compares three ways to dodge and burn in Photoshop -- the built-in tools, a 50% gray Overlay layer painted with black and white brushes, and a Curves-based RGB midpoint method -- recommending several low-opacity passes over one heavy-handed edit.
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