Photoshop CS5 - Dodge and Burn

ShawnKent.net - Intermediate to advanced retouching tutorial for Photoshop CS5 using dodging and burning. The tutorial techniques are wholly non-destructive. The image is of a Afghan Village Elder in Panjwa'i District, Afghanistan. Image shot be Sgt. Matthew McGregor, Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Photoshop
• CS5
• Retouching
• tutorial
• adobe
• non-destructive
• image
• editing
• portraits
• afghanistan
• canadian

[sofiaaveril]

Around minute 4:15 you go into the 'smart object in raw mode' -- how do you actually do that? Your window just sort of magically appears (and mine did not of course) so I missed all the preliminary settings. Thanks :)

[ShawnKentPhotography]

@sofiaaveril Because the source is a raw file, the image opens in camera raw mode. This only works if your source is RAW (not jpeg) and you have it opened in Photoshop as a smart object layer.

[FourT6and2]

I'm really interested to know what your steps were for the rest of this image. I got dodging and burning down. But your final image has some other work done to it. Seems like it has more of a graphic look, almost cartoonish.

[ShawnKentPhotography]

@FourT6and2 All retouching in the final image was achieved with dodge and burn techniques demonstrated, however I do use a tablet monitor to do it which makes it a bit easier for me.

[Fu22yLojik]

@Najman29 - Meh, everyone's a critic.

[Najman29]

too much talking... waste time..

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[superflashj]

Shawn, This was super fast and super precise! Thank you sharing!

[jt43x]

awesome

[mpretouch]

Excellent tutorial. High quality, non-destructive technique that produces visually appealing results (unlike 90% of the d&b tutorials on youtube). Looking forward to seeing more stuff from you. Personally I'd love to see really advanced tutorials (and I think you can deliver). I'm tired of all the beginner stuff.