Dodge or Burn

Overview

The dodge or burn tool uses the current brush to lighten or darken the colours in your image. The mode will determine which type of pixels are effected.

Dodge / Burn Options

Dodge or Burn Settings

Pressure Sensitivity

The Pressure Sensitivity section sets whether opacity, hardness or size will be effected by pressure for input devices that support this option.

Exposure

The exposure slider sets the strength of the dodge or burn effect.

Type

The dodge effect lightens colours.

The burn effect darkens colours.

Mode

  • The highlights mode restricts the dodge or burn effects to lighter coloured pixels.

  • The midtones mode restricts the dodge or burn effects to midtone pixels.

  • The shadows mode restricts the dodge or burn effects to darker coloured pixels.

Additional Information

Default Keyboard Shortcut: Shift-D