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Learning Photography
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- uan0
I've got a photoshop tool name question:
The Dodge tool and the Burn tool lighten or darken areas of the image. These tools are based on a traditional darkroom technique for regulating exposure on specific areas of a print.
Photographers hold back light to lighten an area on the print (dodging) or increase the exposure to darken areas on a print (burning).
My question, Isn't it the other way around?
less light -> darker area, more light -> lighter areaIs it because you work from a negative in the the dark room, so the formula is inverted?
- In the darkroom, the longer the light is projected onto the paper, the darker it gets. The paper starts as white, and the light exposes it to black.********
- So, more light = more black.********
- Regarding your last sentence, you have it backwards. The formula is inverted, therefore you must work from a negative. ;)********
- yep, my mind is twisted on this subject...thanks, your explanations are helping clearing this mess up.uan
- In the darkroom, the longer the light is projected onto the paper, the darker it gets. The paper starts as white, and the light exposes it to black.