Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 317)

Chapter 7 Make image adjustments 317
Brush the Burn adjustment on an image
You use the Burn Quick Brush adjustment to darken a specific area of an image. For example, if
you want to obscure a visual element in the shadows of the image without using the Levels or
Curves adjustment to crush the blacks (changing the tonality of all shadows in the image), you
use the Burn Quick Brush adjustment.
For information about Levels and Curves adjustments, see Adjust the levels of an image on
page 295 and Adjust the tonal curve of an image on page 282.
Before Burn adjustment After Burn adjustment
(darkened the mountains in the background)
Selectively darken an image
1 Select a photo.
2 Do one of the following:
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In the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Quick
Brushes > Burn (Darken) from the Add Adjustment pop-up menu.
•
In the tool strip, choose Burn (Darken) from the Quick Brush pop-up menu .
The Burn Brush HUD appears, and the Burn adjustment controls appear in the Adjustments
inspector and the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, if both are shown.
3 Specify the brush stroke settings using the controls in the Burn Brush HUD.
For more information, see Apply Quick Brush adjustments on page 231 and Work with brush
strokes on page 232.
4 Brush the adjustment on the area of the image you want to darken.
Modify the Burn adjustment after it has been applied to an image
1 Select a photo with the Burn adjustment applied to it.
2 In the Burn area of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD,
use the Amount parameter controls to modify the strength of the adjustment.
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