Dodge and Burn Technique

[ruud92]

Originally Posted by jvr

ruud92, I'd love to know the step-by-step you use to get those good texture skins in your samples. I've noticed that you also have good sharpen in the hairs.

Could you give us a tutorial along with the PSD jaroslav requested?

It'll be much appreciated.

thanks!, but im not going to write a tut. because i use the same technique as the tut. in this post i will post the psd file tomorrow when i have the time.

[pixelzombie]

Originally Posted by pixel_monkey

PSD file is too big for this forum and I didn't feel like hosting it somewhere that's going to get deleted in a few weeks. Here are 2 jpegs. Put the grey one on top of the color one and set its blend mode to Soft Light to see the result. Notice there's some color in grey image. I always try to sample my black from the pupil, hair, or nostril to avoid skin discoloration during D+B. When that didn't work, I just sample the color from the surrounding skin area and paint over. I used a regular soft brush at normal mode with opacity at 3% and flow at 40% with an Intuos 3 and went to town with it...no trick. You can set it at whatever % you prefer as long as you're comfortable in controlling it. I D+B as much as 60% with the Graphire tablet.

looks good, but i still wish you posted the psd file...

[ruud92]

Here it is: The PSD file!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0UR6YNRM

Please respect the copyrights.

I hope i helped you with this!

notice: this was my first (Try at) dodge and burn file, so i worked allot of hours on it.. haha

[SteveB2005]

Hey Ruud, thanks for posting your tutorial guide layered PS file. I think this will help take the mystic out of applying D&B. Like everyone has said, there are no short cuts to this type of retouching

Almost forgot, how long did you spend on this image?

steve

[ruud92]

you're welcome, ehm, i don't know, but since it was the first time i (so far i can remember) about 3 days, something like 6 hours, now i do it in 2/3 hours.

[pixel_monkey]

Originally Posted by pixelzombie

looks good, but i still wish you posted the psd file...

My psd (actually, tiff) files are really simple. Most of them contain only 5 layers. The background layer is a smart object that I process from camera raw into the tiff. The 2nd layer is a normal background copy layer where I do minor clean up, such as dust, tiny hair on skin, large blemishes, etc... I also tend to merge all the facial reconstruction adjustments, eyes enhancement, or whatever else before I D+B onto that layer as well. The 3rd layer is the Soft Light 50% grey layer where I do all the major skin work and shading with D+B. The 4th layer is just a sharpen layer. And the 5th layer is a curve adj. layer for colors, highlights, and contrasts.

What I posted here are the 2nd and 3rd layer.

[nadeena]

hi
ruud92 really ur work is ver very very nice and also your website
i wish to be i like u :S
regards for all

[ruud92]

haha, well thanks!

[jvr]

Thank you very much ruud92!

The sample is of great help. When I asked for a tutorial, I just wanted to know the steps for this technique. I suppose this technique uses curves for both, dodging and burning, but I see in you sample that you use black filled layers in soft light mode for burning.

Thanks for sharing the techniques!

[ruud92]

Originally Posted by jvr

Thank you very much ruud92!

The sample is of great help. When I asked for a tutorial, I just wanted to know the steps for this technique. I suppose this technique uses curves for both, dodging and burning, but I see in you sample that you use black filled layers in soft light mode for burning.

Thanks for sharing the techniques!

youre welcome!

jup thats right i think back then that way worked better for me (I guess)

nice to know that i helped you out with this!

[Canna W]

I really found this useful - thank you!

[jaroslav]

Ok. I think that now I know how to use d&b.

Videos from lynda.com are very helpful




http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=566