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JennLaa — Dodge and Burn using Clipping Masks
Published: 2012-10-04 01:44:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 3860; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 118
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When I do my lighting I like to add the shadows and highlights to each element in the piece separately. To do this I always add a clipping mask to my layer to dodge and burn. I never dodge and burn directly on the piece because if you get to much done you cant go back. This eliminates the worry as making a mistake... well at least for me it does.This was all done in Photoshop CS4.
Please let me know what you think!!! I hope you find this useful!
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Send me a link if you use this - I'd love to see what you've done!!
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Thank you for sharing your work - this helps me a lot
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Thanks for your post. I will definitely be using these ideas and pondering more and more about what I am really doing right with the use of my YouTube video channel dedicated to some of the concerns you have mentioned. I'm also considering the actual way it would be if I launched a blog discussing a number of the same issues you've dealt with here. Thank you for showing me something so obvious. I used to be blinded from it. Your post has really made an impact on the way I think about my own work and ideas too. click here to know more about clipping path.
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I use clipping paths and masks for everything!!! I'm so glad you found this way of dodge and burning useful 
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oh my, i was blind the whole time. you opened my eyes, thank you so so so so ~ much for this easy to understand tutorial. i struggle with lighting and you helped me a lot with this tutorial
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I'm so glad you liked it
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Interesting. I also use 2 clipped layers for my highlights and shadows, but they're set to multiply and screen (or soft light) respectively.
I use the brush tool to then paint them in, mostly because I dislike using pure black for the shadows. I use the eyedropper to pick up the darkest colour in the picture and use that, sometimes changing the hue for lighter shadows or colour casts.
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I use that too
Thanks for share your tip too
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A very nice and clear tut! I've actually never used this particular technique, so it was interesting to find out something new. 
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Thanks sweetie.... I have no idea how to make a tut on worth.... We at least not in the forum format everyone else uses.
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It's really simple. There's a tut on how to do that, too. 
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May e ill post it after the H2H I'm in is over.... I never participate in the contests any more and honestly, I'd feel like a no body posting a tut, just a stranger...
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Nonsense! Artists like you aren't that easy to forget.
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Thank you so much for your time to do this. I need to be bolder with my highlights/shadows. You are a star!
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Inspired me to do this [link] Thanks!
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Great work! Thanks for sharing!!!!
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Fantastic. I am used to to creating a layer above what I want to dodge and burn, just like you have here. However I never thought about creating a clipping mask for it. Thanx Jenny. This is much better than what I have been doing.
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I use clipping for everything
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this is AWESOME! I always have trouble with shadows and highlights, I will try this and see what happens!
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Let me know if it works
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oh, I will! you will get credit if it does! hehe!
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I use almost all the time this technique , it's very useful on photo retouch , great tutorial.
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This is the way I always do it! It works perfectly. I'm very sure you
are helping lots of people with this tutorial. Great job!
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I learned it from this brilliant artist it's an awesome little trick
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One thing that is a lot easier to do after making your clipping mask, is to go to edit>fill. The box that opens should have 50% gray as the preset there, so you just need to click okay.
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Oh wow, I didn't know that!!! Thanks Bob!!!
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