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ZedEdge — Dynamic Color Dodge tutorial
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Published: 2018-05-12 13:06:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 5058; Favourites: 121; Downloads: 40
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A simple little technique I only recently started using to avoid merging layers or using the color dodge blending mode (which also totally works - just not with all colors).
Happy color dodge day. ;D
EDIT: Oh boy ... I just found out that you can completely bypass all of this whole tutorial. Just double-click on a new layer, and uncheck "Transparency Shapes Layer". Then paint with white. It's works perfectly.
Thanks to the "Photoshop Training Channel" for that.
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Hey, Thank you for posted this up. It will be very useful to me.....Well, One day anyway.
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Hehe - that's totally fine. I certainly don't use new techniques like this right away - the information just builds and when the art calls for it, you'll know what to do!
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marvelous tutorial! thank you for clarifying this, i have been pondering it for a while!
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Why, thank you! Really glad it makes sense - haha! Hope it helps.
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it surely will 
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OH SHIT, THANKS!
I've been wondering how I can do this kind of glowing effect on my art, but it's hard to find tutorials that show the kind of glowing that I mean.
This is very helpful, thanks again! 
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Oh awesome - really glad to hear it! Hope it works for you.
One way to see if the Color Dodge layer blending will work is to: fill your canvas with a random warm-ish tone - then apply a mask like in this walkthrough to highlight some areas - and afterwards, use the hue/saturation window on the warm tone to get the highlights looking right (if it feels blown-out, try darkening it or reducing the saturation. Here's a hex code for a good starting point #7d6a6a ).
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