Adobe Photoshop: Beginner's Guide for Photographers
Course 5: Final Touches and Useful Tips: Dodge and Burn 1
By Mikael Eliasson , Portrait Photographer
About the video: Dodge and Burn 1
Overview
“Sometimes to dodge and burn is the best method for retouching, and it is amazing what can be achieved by simply brightening and darkening parts of an image. Let's take a look.”
In this video lesson Mikael Eliasson addresses the topic: Dodge and Burn 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 5: Final Touches and Useful Tips. Take your Photoshop knowledge to the next level and work like a professional.
Partial transcription of the video
“LESSON 5 Dodge and Burn PHOTOSHOP FOR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE 5 In this lesson, you'll learn about Dodge & Burn, or brighten and darken your image. Dodge & Burn is one of the purest form of retouching, because all you're doing is brightening or darkening pixels in your image, you're not actually changing the structure of any pixels. Let me show you how that's done. Dodge & Burn is a terminology that comes from the dark room. Dodge means to brighten and Burn means to darken something. Sometimes, in modern retouching, we simply call this light and dark or L and D. It doesn't matter wha...”
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Course summary for: Course 5: Final Touches and Useful Tips
Mikael Eliasson
By Mikael Eliasson
Mikael Eliasson is a London-based photographer whose work focuses primarily on portraiture. His photos have been exhibited throughout Europe, and have been showcased in Portfolio Catalogue magazine (issue number 43), as well as in private shows in London, Turin, and more.
Besides his commissioned and personal work, Mikael also works as a photography & Photoshop tutor and runs Photography Course London.
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