How to Dodge and Burn Nondestructively in Photoshop

In this episode, you’ll learn one of the most popular retouching technique that can be used in landscape photography, portrait photography, architecture and more. It’s called dodging and burning… and with this technique you selectively choose which areas of your photos should be brighter or darker.

When used correctly, you can completely transform your photos. Photographers use this technique to give their landscape photos the dramatic look. You can even use it to contour a person’s face simply by changing the lighting. There’s a lot more you can do with this technique and in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to dodge and burn nondestructively and you’ll also learn how to combine it with another technique called luminosity masking for even better results.

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👍👎 Did you like/dislike this video? Please let me know in the comments below.

[joaniethatcher]

Denny, I love your videos! Always something new. Just a simple request: can you turn down the music a bit. I have a hard time hearing you over those repetitive notes. I like the music, it is just balanced too strong. Thanks for considering.

[redradoa]

Great tutorial. I will have to rewatch it to capture all the details. It would be great to have some notes with your tips. Thanks for the work.

[Aboodiahmed]

amazing, you make it look easy !
i love it .

[SqueakyNeb]

Noice. Destructive editing makes me sad.