Digital BW, The Print

Mike,

> I would like to know how people are
>accomplishing edge burning techniques in Photoshop?

I find myself using 900 pixel brushes a lot to, among other things, paint
quick masks, slowly building them up with low opacity.  Then I can use
brightness/contrast or curves to see what looks the best.  I've used
gradients, but I like the control to match the subject's contours that the
painted mask allows.

I do a lot of cloning back and forth between duplicate images also. I keep
the high-bit-depth raw scan and the working 8-bit image at the exact same
size so I can go back to the raw scan to do adjustments, then convert to
8-bit and clone in the information I want at whatever contrast or darkness.
As long as the working image has not been cropped, the clone tool is easy to
set at (0,0).  I like to paint in things at low opacity and, often, one
small area at a time to see the effects on a very localized basis.   (I've
been doing that right now, as a matter of fact.  A "final" image on the wall
started to look like it needed some more work.)  One result of my working
habits is that there are seldom two prints that are exactly the same.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com