Digital BW, The Print

Another alternative to burning: select an area, go to quick-mask mode, do
a gaussian blur of the mask, switch back into normal mode, then do a
Levels adjustment layer. If you need the effect to fade from one side to
the other, or from the middle out, you can apply the gradient tool over
the adjustment layer. The common photographer's trick of slightly burning
in the corners of an image is easily done this way; use the oval
selection tool, select the entire image except for the corners, invert
the selection, then continue with the quick-mask as above. The cool thing
about this is that once you've got the mask created and appropriately
blurred, you can then drag the levels slider back and forth while
watching the strength of the effect. Other selection methods are good for
this, too, e.g. color range.

>If you are using the burn tool, try going to the History Brush instead.
>Better control also.
>
>Seth
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>=Subject: [Digital BW] burning in photoshop
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>=Has anyone noticed that when you burn a B&W image in an RGB format 
>=that the burned area takes on a yellowish hue? This of course doesn't 
>=occur in greyscale mode, but my scans are usually in RGB mode, and I 
>=usually work in RBG to maintain the option of colorizing portions of 
>=the print at some point.
>=
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