The Dodge or Burn tool uses the current brush to lighten or darken the
colors in your image. The mode will determine which type of pixels are
affected.
3.15.1. Activating the Tool
There are different possibilities to activate the tool:
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From the image-menu:
→ → .
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The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
,
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or by using the
Shift+D
keyboard shortcut.
3.15.2. Key modifiers (Defaults)
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Ctrl
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Toggle between dodge or burn types. The type will remain switched
until Ctrl is released.
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Shift
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Shift places the Dodge or Burn tool into
straight line mode. Holding Shift while clicking
Button1 will Dodge or Burn in a
straight line. Consecutive clicks will continue Dodge or
Burn in straight lines that originate from the end of the
last line.
Normally, tool options are displayed in a window attached under the
Toolbox as soon as you activate a tool. If they are not, you can access
them from the image menu bar through
→ → which opens the option window of the selected tool.
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Opacity; Brush; Scale; Brush Dynamics; Fade out; Apply
Jitter, Hard edges
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![[Note]](images/note.png)
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Note |
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See the Brush Tools
Overview for a description of tool options that apply to many or
all brush tools.
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Type
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The dodge effect lightens colors.
The burn effect darkens colors.
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Range
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There are three modes:
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Shadows
restricts the effect to darkest pixels.
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Midtones
restricts the effect to pixels of average tone.
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Highlights
restricts the effect to lightest pixels.
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Exposure
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Exposure defines how much the tool effect will be strong, as a
more or less exposed photograph. Default slider is 50 but can vary
from 0 to 100.
