dodge & burn - Fixing discoloration

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to deal with discoloration that might occur when doing your dodge & burn work.
I'm going to show you quite a few different methods to deal with discoloration when using the Soft Light method and a simple but effective method for curves, levels etc.

If you want to download the working files to see each of the methods for yourself, you can download it here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7124285/YouTube/dodge%20%26%20burn%20discoloration.zip

This video was a reply to: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-retouching/34830-color-correction-dodg...

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[jonaswtuts]

@decoff: Actually no, you still get the shifts as I show at approximately 4:14.

Also a solid color is compressed in RAM so it won't take up more space.

If you want to try it out yourself, create a new document, fill the background layer with neutral gray and create a new layer set to "Soft Light". On it paint with black/white. Create a snapshot in history and watch the file size in memory. Create a blank layer in SL mode underneath, set SL to "Normal" and flatten them. Compare memory size.

[decoff]

If you D&B using a blank layer set on SL and using B&W to D&B, you generally dont get Hue shifts. Which is the better way to D&B. And negates the need for this. FYI. You can do the same with a 50% gray layer, also set on SL and B&D on that, but this technique takes up more memory and is less editable.

[photom81]

Jonas, amazing tutorial. Thank you.

[robertgarciaize]

Great Information, thank you Jonas.

[irSpeed]

Thanks again Jonas. :)