3.15. Dodge or Burn

3.15. Dodge or Burn
	3. Brush Tools

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Revision $Revision: 2562 $	2006-02-09	j.h

Figure 13.82. Dodge tool

The Dodge or Burn tool uses the current brush to lighten or darken the colors in your image. The mode will determine which type of pixels are affected.

3.15.1. Activate the Tool

There are different possibilities to activate the tool:

From the image-menu: Tools → Paint Tools → Dodge / Burn.
The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
or by using the Shift+D keyboard shortcut.

3.15.2. Key modifiers (Defaults)

Ctrl: Toggle between dodge or burn types. The type will remain switched until Ctrl is released.
Shift: Shift places the Dodge or Burn tool into straight line mode. Holding Shift while clicking Button1 will Dodge or Burn in a straight line. Consecutive clicks will continue Dodge or Burn in straight lines that originate from the end of the last line.

3.15.3. Options

Figure 13.83. “Dodge/Burn” tool options

Overview

The available tool options for the Dodge or Burn Tool can be accessed by double clicking the Dodge or Burn Tool icon.

Opacity; Brush; Scale; Pressure sensibility; Fade out; Apply Jitter, Hard edges

	Note
	See the Brush Tools Overview for a description of tool options that apply to many or all brush tools.

Type

The dodge effect lightens colors.

The burn effect darkens colors.

Mode

There are three modes:

Shadows restricts the effect to darkest pixels.
Midtones restricts the effect to pixels of average tone.
Highlights restricts the effect to lightest pixels.

Exposure

Exposure defines how much the tool effect will be strong, as a more or less exposed photograph. Default slider is 50 but can vary from 0 to 100.