I wanted to research a photoshop tool that could help enhance my images. Throughout my shoots, i had a consistent risk of relying on natural light for my images. A lot of the images came out well, but the light exposure in the images slightly let it down. I have researched about the dodging and burning tool on photoshop and think it would be a perfect way to control the light in the images to bring out the depth a bit more.
The dodge tool, like in a traditional darkroom, will make areas of an image lighter. In contrast, the burn tool will make areas of a photo darker. These critical tools will help me control the atmosphere i am trying to create in my images, whether it is moody or a rich and vibrant scene. Below i have included some steps to explain how i do this and will be used for myself to refer to when editing my images in the next couple of weeks.
Step 1:
1. Open up image and select dodge tool.
2. Determine whether the dodge tool concentrates on the Shadows/Midtones/Highlights
3. Set Exposure to roughly around 20% to increase effect on the image
4. Select an appropriate brush size
5. drag the dodge tool over areas you want to brighten (increases the contrast in the specific area without affecting the entire image)
Step 2:
1. Select burn tool
2. Change the range to shadows so you are enhancing the shadow pixels the most.
3. Drag tool over areas you want to darken
Dodging and burning are two really useful tools when editing images. They have helped me to invigorate my images that could not be exposed correctly at the time of the shoots.
Another photoshop tool i researched is image noise reduction. Under the conditions of being indoors, and using a high ISO, some of my images were creating noise which hindered some of my possible finals. This tool showed a way to help eliminate as much noise as possible from an image.
1. Open up image
2. Convert background layer to smart object
3. Filter/noise/reduce noise
4. Navigate through the levels to find which noise needs reducing
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