Using Dodge and Burn in your digital photography (Part Three)
In Part One, we looked at what is dodge and burn and perhaps why you should use it in your photography post-processing. Part Two looked how to do it in Lightroom Classic. Meanwhile, Part Three takes it a step further and looks at various options for how to do it in Luminar Neo.
Luminar Neo
As I mentioned before, there’s no one right way to this technique. Your methods will depend on the type of software you use and what works best for your skills and needs. Luminar Neo is another popular editing software that can greatly enhance your images beautifully with the help of some clever AI (artificial intelligence). Using some basic editing tools like EnhanceAI, Develop and RelightAI can greatly enhance your image with a few tweaks.
Dodge and Burn tool
If you head down to the Professional Panel, you will find the Dodge and Burn Tool. There are two main brushes: the Lighten (dodge) and Darken (burn). But there is also Erase, which is handy if you make a mistake. You can adjust the size of the brush the softness and strength, but you can also adjust the overall amount or intensity of the adjustments made with this tool.
Let’s break it down further
Let’s take a little look inside Luminar Neo and how each of these methods can enhance your photos
Check out the before and after images from the video:
Next, we’ll take a look at doing this technique in Photoshop.
