Best Brush Setting for Dodge and Burn

[dianajenna]

Nicky3,

I also use the method of two Curves layers (one for light and one for dark) painting white on black masks. I set the white brush at 100% opacity and the flow between 3-5%. Sometimes, though, while click click clicking trying to get that one pixel lighter or darker the adjacent pixels change instead.

So, I'm wondering if these settings are the best or not. Has anyone else experienced this and what do you do about it?

Diana

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by aaRonology101

i firmly believe that its not much of what technique you use, but a matter of how well your eyes are trained ..

There is a lot of truth in this statement. The bottom line is results. If the final product looks like [insert applicable noun here], "how" you got there is irrelevant.

Some techniques are just more forgiving and/or flexible than others, but regardless which one is used, I agree that it takes experience (and "an eye") to know how much of an effect is too much or too little and where to apply it.