Adobe Photoshop for Retouching Portraits

Overview

“In this lesson we will see the explanation of the dodge and burn technique and how it is applied to portraiture and fashion. ”

In this video lesson Iris Encina addresses the topic: What is dodge and burn for?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4 - Dodge and Burn. Learn to adjust the exposure of a selected area to achieve depth in your portraits.

Partial transcription of the video

“PHOTOSHOP COURSE 4 LESSON 2 What is the Dodge'n Burn and what is it for? In this lesson we will see what Dodge and Burn consists of and I will show you some examples of before and after and see what effects you can get. We start Dodge and Burn means lighten and darken, lights and shadows in English. What this technique does is to lighten and darken selectively. We take advantage of the tool of brushes to paint on photography and thus decide which areas we want darker or lighter. What do we use this technique for? We can use it for two things: to give volume to the photo, something that I ca...”

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Course summary for: Course 4 - Dodge and Burn

• Level: Beginner
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• 10 students
• 6 units
• 7 lessons (47m)
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