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Darkening details with the Burn tool - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
Darkening details with the Burn tool
In this exercise we're going to take a look at the Burn tool, which is essentially Dodge's opposite, just as the Dodge tool ends up brightening things, the Burn tool right here, which you can also get by pressing the O key. And you can remember that, because if the burnt a piece of toast, its going to darken up right, and this little hand could be holding a piece of toast. These icons are actually based on old Darkroom techniques. I'm going to switch to the Burn tool, and again, you have your Range Controls and this time, it's more likely that you're going to want to stick to the Mid-tones in the Highlights inside of the image, and this image in particular needs help in the Highlight Department, so I'm going to go and switch the Highlights, of course, Highlights ends getting sticky here in the PC, so I'll press the Esc key afterwards. Escape does not abandon the fact that you switched to Highlights; it just unsticks an option. And then, it's really important that you reduce the…
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Brushing to correct56s
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How brushing works4m 52s
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Working with spacing7m 32s
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Changing size and hardness7m 45s
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The heads-up Color Picker7m 17s
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Flipping a mirror image3m 33s
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Setting the source for the History brush3m 42s
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Brightening details with the Dodge tool7m 49s
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Darkening details with the Burn tool3m 5s
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The Sponge tool4m 29s
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Backing off edits8m 4s
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Patching eye bags8m 57s
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Evening out flesh tones7m 23s
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Smoothing away whiskers7m 41s
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Reducing shadow noise7m
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How healing works4m 40s
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The enhanced Spot Healing brush4m 52s
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Using the better Healing brush4m 23s
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Introducing the Clone Source panel3m 49s
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Cloning from one layer to another5m 30s
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Working with multiple sources4m 44s
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