Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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Use a Layer in the
Overlay Blend Mode
1 Click the Default Colors
icon to reset the
foreground and
background colors to
black and white.
2 Press Option (Alt) and
click the New Layer
button to create a new
empty layer.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
The New Layer dialog
box appears.
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3 Click the Mode dropdown
menu and select
Overlay.
4 Click Fill with Overlay-Neutral
Color (50% Gray) ( changes
to ).
5 Type a name for the layer such as
Dodge and Burn.
6 Click OK.
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A The new layer appears filled with
gray in the Layers panel, but the
image in the main window is
unchanged.
7 Repeat steps 4 to 10 described in
the first part of this task.
TIPS
More Options!
You can create separate layers for
dodging and burning using either
method. Name one layer Burn and
the other Dodge. You can then
adjust the layer opacity of the
dodge or burn layer individually to
give you even more control and
use the Layers panel’s Opacity
slider to adjust the effect.
Try This!
Paint over an area multiple times
to increase the effect. By using the
brush at a low opacity to start, you
can just release the mouse button
and click and paint over the same
area again if the darkening or
lightening is not as strong as
needed with the first strokes.
Did You Know?
When you use a layer filled with
50% gray in the Overlay blend
mode, the layer displays a gray
thumbnail in the Layers panel, but
appears as a transparent layer over
the image in the main window.
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