Simple Dodge & Burn in GIMP 2.10

[@michaelpark]

I'm using GIMP for literally the first time and this tutorial is just what I needed, so thank you very much!

[@dee-artist4796]

This was really helpful for my project and for future works to come. Thank you!

[@aleksandrapedryc7444]

Omg, that's what I need! Thank You soooo much!!!

[@aplaza38]

Great!!! I learned this in a Photoshop tutorial and I tried in gimp... learning something new every day. Thanks!!

[@waltervanlille2263]

You truly are the authority on anything Gimp related, and your videos are always very educational. Any chance that you could do a few Rawtherapee tutorials as well?

[@actressinnasyzonenko]

I second that!!!

[@AlanTuringWannabe]

Great tutorial. I love the out of the box thinking involved.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks Ken!

[@vornamenachname4661]

wow, great tutorial! It helped me a lot! I can "Dodge & Burn" now! Thank you so much!

[@Kitsaplorax]

Dodge and burn is not applied to a negative. Dodge and burn is applied to a print, altering the amount of light allowed into a specific area of the print, The most famous example is likely "Moonrise" by Ansel Adams. Within the domain of the negative, the only commonly available techniques to change tone range is through choice of developer, development time, dilution and temperature. This is pushing or pulling, or affecting grain structure. We still do this. Think of it as Photo-Chemical Shop.

[@marcossaraiva4245]

Thanks Micheal for this quick tutorial! great way to improve your images!

[@vetoramireziii6218]

Thanks you! This was exactly what I was looking for.

[@thingsiplay]

This is a nice trick I use in my images too. But I have no specific workflow for that and do it slightly different each time. One different way would be to use straight black and a white colored layer, instead copying the image. This have the big advantage that I can edit, add and rearrange different elements on the image without breaking it much. Big images in 32 bit mode also need a lot of space, so this is something to consider too. To make the layers work, maybe I would use something like "overlay" layer mode with 50% transparency.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for the alternative method! Whatever works for you.

[@violondesocrate]

Thanks for the tutorial! I dont quite understand why you demonstrated the technique on a new copy of the image. Was that just for the sake of the clarity, since you had already worked on the original copy? In any case, this is a very good method for performing dodge and burn. I have used it many times (although I often just work on a neutral grey layer in soft light blend mode instead). The curves tool provides a lot of control in how the image is lightened and darkened. One thing that I didn't hear you mention is that one can apply Gaussian blur to the layer mask as needed to smooth out the effect. This is especially useful for portraits. Even if one is working with a soft brush, the smaller strokes of the dodge and burn often look more natural after blurring.

[@luigimike146]

Exelente me ha servido mucho 👍

[@Ningnomaningnong]

Yay. Thanks for this.

[@lijojose4226]

Great help as always .. 😍

[@oldi184]

I had to switch back to v2.10.8 because selection system is messed up when openCL is enabled. But with openCL disabled plugins and gegl graphic filters takes ages to finish preview. For some reason in 2.10.10 version openCL is again labeled as "experimental option that may crash program". 2.10.8 version dont have this warning.

[@petersheridan6453]

Thanks! I really understand it now but what do you do at the very end- just save the final image or do you have to merge the layers? Sorry don't understand about layers. Can anyone help? Thanks.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I recommend checking out this tutorial on layers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqe6oIRulK2beKs

[@petersheridan6453]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Thank you.

[@VixenLove2u]

great tutuorial ill register when i can afford to, im currently unemployed,

[@claudionascimentodesouza3107]

Thanks!

[@WickerVarietyShow]

You don't realize how important shading and lighting is until you start doing it!

[@maddy1mymk]

What tablet is that you are using?

[@pharpshotextra9657]

Greate concept ....

[@KhoPhi]

There's a luminasity mask plugin by Pat David. Everything you just did with the darks and highlights could be done in under 4 clicks

[@durbodill]

What he did here, you could also easily have done with a bunch of tweaks in RAW development. But I don't think that's the point here. He merely demonstrates a technique that you would normally use in very specific and selected areas of a picture. Yes, he doesn't explicitly mention that. But if you have to work extremely selective there is no way replicate that with a few clicks.

[@AustrianAnarchy]

OT: and many apologies. When exporting to .jpg with 2.10.10, the image is washed out. I played around with adding a color profile(?) and I think that worked once, but I can't seem to replicate. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong, and/or what changed between versions?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

You have to go to Image>Precision and select "Perceptual Gamma (sRGB)." This used to be selected automatically but now you have to select the option manually. It's an annoyance and I've already brought it to the GIMP team's attention.

[@AustrianAnarchy]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Thank you! Manually as in every time I use it?

[@AustrianAnarchy]

@@DaviesMediaDesign And now for more oddness. When no image is selected, Image>Precision shows 8 bit with Perceptual Gamma (sRGB), but as soon as I select a file, it goes to the other one we don't want.

[@yuanho2883]

wow, is that a laptop with 23" or 27" screen?

[@gkniffen]

48"? 🤣

[@doobiemaster4549]

You're Lit thank you

[@cosmo0080]

that is so smart thank u

[@ArturJBCosta]

Thumbs UP!

[@Nice-Y]

Miss the books.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Lol they will return - just took them out so you could see the tablet.

[@woodmxn.]

For some reason this shii ain't working

[@jersonatilo9190]

This is good. That tool dodge and burn is not good. Not effective at all. Thanks for this video

[@monoped8437]

that's a gorgeous woman