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 Three takes it a step further and looks at various options for HOW to do it in Luminar Neo.

Luminar Neo

Improve your images with AI in Luminar Neo

As I mentioned before there’s no one right way to dodge and burn. 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

Using the Dodge and Burn Panel in Luminar Neo

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), there is also an erase - 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

Before

After

Next, we take a look at Dodge and Burn techniques in Photoshop