Domestika Basics Course 2 of 6

Adobe Photoshop for Beginners

Course 2: Color and Light: The Invisible Secret: Burning & Dodging

By Harrison Kuykendall , Digital Artist

Digital Artist. New York, United States.
Joined February 2020
Domestika Basics Course 2 of 6
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About the video: The Invisible Secret: Burning & Dodging

Overview

“Burning is making something darker, affecting the shadows. Dodging is making something lighter, affecting the highlights. In this unit, we will go over just how powerful these two tools can be when used together as well as different approaches.”

In this video lesson Harrison Kuykendall addresses the topic: The Invisible Secret: Burning & Dodging, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 2: Color and Light. Create highlights and shadows with Burn and Dodge.

Partial transcription of the video

“PHOTOSHOP / COURSE 2 LESSON 6 The Invisible Secret: Burning & Dodging Burning is making something darker affecting the shadows. Dodging is making something lighter affecting the highlights. In this unit we'll see how we can use these two tools together and just how effective they can be. Let me show you. Burning and dodging means to darken and lighten certain areas of an image to add light or shadow and increase the depth of different parts of the image. This technique has been around since film has started, it used to be done in a lightroom exposing different areas of the image to ligh...”

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Course summary for: Course 2: Color and Light

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Harrison Kuykendall

Harrison Kuykendall
By Harrison Kuykendall

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Harrison Kuykendall is a digital artist living in New York City who specializes in creative retouching and design using Adobe Photoshop. He is the owner and founder of HE–Studios, a Brooklyn based post-production studio whose client list includes Target, Stella Artois, Lady Gaga’s Haus Labs, Aveeno, Champion, and Diane von Furstenberg.

Harrison and his studio are focused on retouching stills and creating animations for large scale global advertising campaigns that can be seen on billboards and screens around the world. When he’s not experimenting in Photoshop or the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite, you can find him relaxing with his three cats or creating music for his synthpop band BHuman.


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Course 2: Color and Light

By Harrison Kuykendall
Digital Artist. New York, United States.
Joined February 2020
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