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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/08/2004 03:05:46 AM · #1
can anyone explain what 'burning' is?
- the winner of last challenge said she uses this a lot?
ta
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
07/08/2004 03:09:05 AM · #2
There is a tool in Photoshop, and I assume the other editing softwares, that is called the "burn tool". It lets you darken areas of your photo by dragging and clicking the tool over it. It is also done in film photography.

June

Message edited by author 2004-07-08 03:09:57.
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 07/08/2004 03:10:52 AM · #3
Originally posted by chiqui74:
There is a tool in Photoshop, and I assume the other editing softwares, that is called the "burn tool". It lets you darken areas of your photo by dragging and clicking the tool over it. It is also done in film photography.

June


...usually done in the sky to make it more dramatic. The tool looks like a lollipop in Adobe programs.

Ansel Adams used this to great effect in the darkroom way before personal computers came out.

Message edited by author 2004-07-08 03:12:42.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
07/08/2004 03:20:25 AM · #4
It is a hand, the lollipop is the dodge tool.

June
Minolta DiMAGE F200
 07/08/2004 03:35:11 AM · #5
I learned how to use this tool after realizing that was part of what makes Heida's photos so dramatic. Some good advice a DPC member gave me awhile back was to adjust the contrast before dodging and burning. I dodge highlights and burn midtones. I tend not to burn shadows too much.

I used the technique in this photo, one of my better scoring shots:



Here's a few other shots where I've used dodging and burning...













Here's an example where I think I overdid it.



I knew about dodging and burning from working in the darkroom years ago but I never realized the tool existed in PS until recently. I never got a book or took a class in PS. I've always just felt my way around and I've pretty much learned stuff intuitively until quite recently. Silly of me, I know.

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