Here is a Tutorial by Pedro on burning and dodging that is really good and on this site. You can find more under the learn tab on this site too. For a vignette try creating a levels mask and darken the whole image to how you would like the edges to be, then using a large black brush on the mask erase the parts you don't want so the edges are darkened. Hope that helps.
I'm looking for some tips and tricks on the following:
1) Using the Dodge/Burn Tool to tweak clouds and sky on landscape images
2) Create a slight vignette on photos at the corners (post-processing via PS/PSE, as opposed to true physical lens vignette)
To throw you a bit in the right direction, painting with Black and white brushes onto a layer in soft light mode does a better job for these applications than the Dodge/Burn tools.
2) Create a slight vignette on photos at the corners (post-processing via PS/PSE, as opposed to true physical lens vignette)
Use the Lens Correction filter in Photoshop and add a negative amount of vignette correction. Otherwise you can add an adjustment layer that darkens the image and mask out all but the corners.
I'm looking for some tips and tricks on the following:
1) Using the Dodge/Burn Tool to tweak clouds and sky on landscape images
2) Create a slight vignette on photos at the corners (post-processing via PS/PSE, as opposed to true physical lens vignette)
To throw you a bit in the right direction, painting with Black and white brushes onto a layer in soft light mode does a better job for these applications than the Dodge/Burn tools.
Good tip. I always try to do my editing non-destructively as far as possible, and the dodge/burn tool isn't very good at that.
Thanks for all the replies. I haven't had a chance to look at the reference links yet, but have a follow-up question...
Are all the methods referred to in the replies "DPC Advanced Editing Friendly"?
As far as I can tell yes.
Oh and another tip I use for dodging and burning is to duplicate the background, or the layer to be manipulated and set the opacity to 50%, this helps make the effect not to over the top.
