Digital BW, The Print

Anthony,
 
my question was in the context of trying to use the dodge/burn tool rather
than curves or levels, sorry if that wasn't clear. The problem being that I
found almost impossible to apply the same amount of dodging/burning on a
large area, with the result that single strokes are visible if the area is
even (e.g. a cloudless sky).
As for the pen and tablet, now I feel as if I was living in stone age :-)
Ok, both you and Daniel convinced me on this, I'll upgrade!
 
Alessandro

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Atkielski [mailto:anthony@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 23:43
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] levels and grain


Alessandro writes:

> ... what I'd like to know is how you manage dodge/burn
> *evenly* large areas like skies.

Take a snapshot of the image, then use Curves to get the sky the way you
want it and take another snapshot.  Return to the first snapshot, set the
history brush to the second snapshot, and brush in the parts of the sky you
want to correct.

The same principle can be applied to any type of correction.  It's fully
reversible and can be infinitely done or undone without degradation.  And it
works in 16-bit mode.  I do it all the time.

> Maybe using a pen and tablet rather than a
> mouse helps?

You're still using a mouse??  You MUST get a pen and tablet!!  Once you have
the pen and tablet, you'll understand why.  Apart from the precision,
comfort, and ease of use, you get ... variable opacity based on how hard you
press.



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