ISO: Help on Dodge/Burn tool

[aly321]

Hey, I have heard that many are using the dodge/burn tool for elements. Does anyone know how to use them or any tutorials out there? THANKS!!

[my4boys]

I am all over this thread...I would love to know too!!!

[mturnidge]

Like, what exactly do you want to know?

I use the dodge/burn a lot in my designing.... but you can do fun things like "wrapping" a ribbon around a frame by taking the burn tool (set the intensity to LOW... like 5%) and burning the very edge of the ribbon. THen I take the dodge tool and make a slight shine to make it look more curved. I took screenshots of this a long time ago... let me go dig them up.

[mturnidge]

Here's the ribbon before:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/mturnidge/ribbonwrap1.jpg


Find the dodge/burn tool here:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/mturnidge/ribbonwrap2.jpg


Here's where I burned the edge... looks like my exposure was set to 25%... this will depend on the color of the element/paper you're burning. Most of the time I set this really low and just brush multiple times to build up the burn.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/mturnidge/burn.jpg


Dodge to make a slight curved shine... lol... I would have worked this a little more now... this was like my first time playing with the tools:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/mturnidge/dodge.jpg


I also use this tool to fold a corner of paper.

[jessica31876]

I use the burn tool for when I put a safety pin "through" a paper. Where the pierce would be I use the burn tool.

[momtutu]

Oh, you guys are so smart!!!! I'm in awe! Ok Megan, where are your screen shots for folding paper corners???? :-)

[mturnidge]

Oh, you guys are so smart!!!! I'm in awe! Ok Megan, where are your screen shots for folding paper corners???? :-)

I don't have any, but I'll whip some up real quick if you'd like me to! :)

[momtutu]

I don't know about anyone else, but I would love that if you don't mind or it doesn't take too much of your time. I've already practiced the ribbon wrapping thing and it turned out great!!

[mturnidge]

Okay, I'm done! I just gotta upload the screenshots to Photobucket! BRB! :)

[mturnidge]

Okay, get your paper and use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to select the corner you'll want.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/mturnidge/corner1.jpg


Then I hit SHFT+CTRL+J and this cut the selection to a new layer. Then I rotated the layer 180 degrees.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/mturnidge/corner2.jpg


Then I grabbed the Dodge/burn tool as shown in the screenshot. Select the hand for burn. Then I set it to midtones (you'll change this depending on your paper... like if you were using a dark navy blue paper, you'd set it to shadows.... well, I would...lol) and put the exposure at 8%. I used a large brush and brushed over the edge until I liked how it looked.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/mturnidge/corner3.jpg

Then I switched to dodge and set it to midtones and about the same exposure and brushed slightly farther from the edge to create a curved look.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/mturnidge/corner4.jpg

And then I put a drop shadow on the corner!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/mturnidge/corner5.jpg

And that's it! :)

[isaacsmom]

You gals are awesome. I have soooo much to learn! I've tried to use the dodge/burn tool, but I guess I really don't know what I am doing with it! I'll have to keep watching this thread.

[psalm149]

Awesome tuts Megan! Thanks!

[jessica31876]

wow Megan I learned something new today. I never could figure out the corner flip thing. Im gonna have to try it now. Of course I use PSP so Im wondering if itll be the same for that.

[mturnidge]

No prob!! :)

[momtutu]

Ahhh - YES!!! Thanks so much Megan!!! Can't wait to do this!!

[jessica31876]

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x159/jessica31876/Image1.jpg

[jessica31876]

It was pretty much the same as the directions above for PSP. Only thing different is I promoted the selection to a new layer and then had to delete the selection on the paper.

[Jennifer]

Thanks, Megan!!! Great tut! :)

[Denise Umlauf]

Thanks for the tut Megan ! Love it !

[aly321]

Oooh this is great! Thanks for the info... I am excited to see what I can do! :) Keep the ideas coming!

[lizzyfizzy]

megan! you really are the best!! i swear...so helpful!!!

[crystalbird]

Some of Misty's tutorials use the dodge/burn tools. I love them because it just gives you an idea of what the tools can do. Here's a few:

Threading a ribbon through a buckle (http://mistycatodesigns.blogspot.com/2007/03/threading-ribbon-through-buckle.html)

Pin Tutorial (http://mistycatodesigns.blogspot.com/2007/04/pin-tutorial.html)

Burning edges (http://mistycatodesigns.blogspot.com/2007/01/burn-it.html)