Retouch the tone Brush on light and shade in your pictures
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Screen and Multiply Apply light and dark, without the added saturation
Duplicate the layers
Dodge and Burn are great tools for improving
the tone of your pictures, but they do add a touch
of saturation. To avoid this, you can simply use
Screen and Multiply layers. Start by duplicating
your background layer twice (Cmd/Ctrl+J); one of
which we want to set to the Multiply blend mode,
the other to Screen.Brush in shade
Select a small, soft, white, low-opacity brush.
Brush over the shadows in your image to
apply extra shade; this is particularly great for
contouring subjects or adding drama to the
image. You can reduce the layer opacity if you
want to lessen the effect of the Multiply layer.Mask in the Screen
Once you’ve masked the Multiply layer, do the
same with the Screen layer. You may wish to
brush close to the lines brushed in the Multiply
layer to accentuate the contrast further. Feel free
to reduce the Opacity setting of this layer to bring
it more in line with the Multiply strokes.Dodge the image
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The Dodge Tool (O) is in the bottom bar along with Burn, and
does the opposite of its counterpart. Use it to subtly touch
over the highlights in your image to balance out the shadows.Create a grey layer
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Open your image and create a new layer. On this layer, select
the colour #808080 and ill, before setting to Overlay. This is
neutral grey: anything that is this colour will become invisible, while
darker and lighter strokes will lighten and darken the photo.Adjust the Brightness/Contrast
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Go to the Fill Layer icon, situated next to the Mask icon in the
Layers panel. Select Brightness/Contrast, and adjust both
sliders to improve the overall exposure and tone of the image.Start burning
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Select the Burn Tool (O). This is used to darken the image;
lightly brush over your picture, preferably at a low Opacity
setting, and make sure that you enhance the shadows all over, while
adding a few more shaded areas where necessary.Hit the Eye icon in
the Layers panel
to hide a layerShortcut