Digital BW, The Print

Stephen,

Nice technique.  Where exactly does the the box pop up asking about medium 
gray...in the background copy layer?  I'm using PS 7.01 and there isn't a box 
pop up.

Helene

> I come to a similar result differently, by using a copy of the 
> background layer after switching to 8 bit, often in soft light mode, 
> and then erasing the parts of the layer that produces effects I do 
> not want.  Also, rather than use the burn/dodge tool, I use a layer 
> set to soft light and medium gray (a box pops up asking if you want 
> to set it to medium gray after you choose soft light).  Using that 
> layer, you can burn by setting the foreground color to black and 
> using the brush tool and dodge by using white as the foreground 
> color.  The advantage over the burn/dodge tool is flexibility as you 
> have control over both the brush and opacity.  (The opacity control 
> seems finer grained that that using the tool.)
> 



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