Dodge or burn areas, Adjust color saturation in image areas – Adobe Photoshop CS3 User Manual
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User Guide
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See also
“List of blending modes” on page 344
Dodge or burn areas
Used to lighten or darken areas of the image, the Dodge tool and the Burn tool are based on a traditional photog-
rapher’s technique for regulating exposure on specific areas of a print. Photographers hold back light to lighten an
area on the print (dodging) or increase the exposure to darken areas on a print (burning). The more you paint over
an area with the Dodge or Burn tool, the lighter or darker it becomes.
1
Select the Dodge tool
or the Burn tool
.
2
Choose a brush tip and set brush options in the options bar.
3
In the options bar, select one of the following:
•
Midtones to change the middle range of grays
•
Shadows to change the dark areas
•
Highlights to change the light areas
4
Specify the exposure for the Dodge tool or the Burn tool.
5
Click the airbrush button
to use the brush as an airbrush. Alternatively, select the Airbrush option in the
Brushes palette.
6
Drag over the part of the image you want to lighten or darken.
See also
“Select a preset brush” on page 330
Adjust color saturation in image areas
The Sponge tool subtly changes the color saturation of an area. When an image is in Grayscale mode, the tool
increases or decreases contrast by moving gray levels away from or toward the middle gray.
1
Select the Sponge tool
.
2
Choose a brush tip and set brush options in the options bar.
3
In the options bar, select the way you want to change the color.
•
Saturate to intensify the color’s saturation
•
Desaturate to dilute the color’s saturation
4
Specify the flow for the Sponge tool.
5
Drag over the part of the image you want to modify.
See also