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Hello friends, welcome to Trul's Point. My name is Rishipanchal and in this video we are going to learn Dodge Tool in Adobe Photoshop
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So friends, if you are looking to enhance your photodating skill, you are come to the right place
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Today we are diving into the Dodge tool in Adobe Photoshop. A powerful feature that can add amazing light effect and detail to your images
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So let's get started. Okay, so you can find a Dodge tool in a toolbar over here
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Okay, it's looked like a blowing light effect. So by pressing a shortcut O, you can activate this tool
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For example, right now I am in a move tool and if I want to activate the Dodge tool, then I'm just pressing O
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And as you can see, I can shift it to Dodge tool. Okay, in case you are in a burn tool and you want to switch to Dodge tool, then you just need to press Shift Plus O
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See the result. Okay, as you can see, I can switch from one tool to another tool in the same category
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which can be done by shortcut O. Okay. So I'm just selecting a Dodge tool
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Fine. So I'm just selecting this image. Okay. So first of all, we are going to see the basic use of this Dodge tool
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Okay. It is used to lighten the area. So if I'm just to start using my brush on this coin
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and as you can see, it will brightness this space. part. Okay. So like this you can use a Dodge tool in Adobe Photob. This is a basic use of this tool
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So now that we have the Dodge tool selected, let's make a look at the option bar at the top of the
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screen. Here you can adjust the size of the brush from here. Okay, you can change the hardness
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and size of the brush. I recommend it to starting with a soft brush to create a smooth
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and natural highlights. So I am just selecting this soft rounded, okay, and the size will be fine, hardness, okay? And just selecting this
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Fine Now we are going to switch to another image Okay here we are going to learn a range where we have a shadow mid tone and highlights So friends when you click on the range option you will get a drop down menu and that menu contains these three different ranges which is shadows midtones and highlights
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Okay, so one by one, we are going to learn all these three in detail because it's very important
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And after this, we are going to learn this exposure. Fine. So first, I am selecting this
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highlights okay so first of all I am just remove this output you can see this is
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the original one and this is after applying all these ranges okay I'm just
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deleting this okay now these are original one so first of all we are going to
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see the highlights this option change the light area of the image fine what is
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the light area this the mid part is a light area so it can be apply on this part
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only. So friends as you can see if I'm trying to brush over here then know any effect
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Okay. As you can see this is very lightly effect on this because it's a shadow part
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darken part and what we are selecting we selecting a highlight so it's working only on a
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highlighted parts. So I'm just drag over here and as you can see the result. Okay so it's
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work on a highlighted part. Fine. Now next we are going to see a shadow
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So, this option changed the dark area of the image. So basically it's working on a shadow parts which is a darken area
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Okay, so if I'm tried to brush over here and as you can see it will give a very less impact
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Okay, now if I'm trying to brush on this darker part, shadow part and as you can see, see the result
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Okay, it will apply very nicely because we selected a range shadows
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Fine. So next we are going to see mid tones. Okay. So friends, this option change the middle range of grays
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Okay it is a default option For example if I am lighting over here it will give a very little tone If I am press over here okay
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So basically, it will increase the tone of the middle range of grays
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Fine. So this is an output. Okay, there is a highlight, this is a shadow and this is a mid tone
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Fine. So, friends, next we are going to see this exposure. Fine. So these options define how strongly you apply this effect on image
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The default slider is 50% as you can see. But it can be changed from 0 to 100% according to your requirement
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Fine. So I am just applying this exposure on this image. I'm just selecting my dodge tool
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Increase the size of the brush. And I am just decreased the exposure to 0
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and as you can see there is no changes of this on this image because exposure is zero now I'm just
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increased this exposure to 50% and as you can see the result okay fine now we are just
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increase the first of all I'm just duplicating it and now we are applying on it so we
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will you will see the result okay so this by zero percent this is a
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after 50% and now I'm just duplicating this and make it 100% okay as you can see the
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result it will apply very nicely okay so guys as you can see the result is
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exposure 0% exposure on a 50% and exposure on 100% okay so like this you can use
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the Dodge Tool Adobe Photoshop to lighten the area. So friends now we are going to use a Dodge tool on this image. Okay
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Where you can see my photo is over here, which I look little bit of darker
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So I just selecting a Dodge tool Okay exposure I just set to 40 I just duplicating this layer so that you can see the result okay and now I just applying a Dodge tool
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fine first of all I'm just trying on the t-shirt okay okay you can also can apply on the face
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but you just need to work with the exposure okay Here you can see the darken part
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See here the dark area. I'm just a brush over here. So, friends like this, you can use a dutch area. I'm just a brush over here
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So friends, like this, you can use a Dodge tool here. Adobe Photoshop to make your image more clear
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Okay. See the result. This is the original one. Okay. And this is after we are applying a Dodge tool
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See the difference. Okay. This is a major difference you can see on this image
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See? We are working on highlights. We are working on shadows. Okay
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To make this image more better. Okay. So friends, that's all about a Dodge tool in Adobe Photoshop
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This tool is very powerful tool to add an amazing light effect and details to your images
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See you next time. Thank you
