Forums > Digital Art and Retouching > Dodge and burn Brush settings

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SHADOWILLUSIONIST

Posts: 54

Battaramulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka

i use these brush settings to dodge and burn what will be ur settings
Opacity 5%-10%
Flow 100%
Brush spacing 13-15%
Brush hardness 0%

brush transfer
Opacity jitter - pen pressure

what will be the settings u like

Mar 21 13 10:33 am Link

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The Invisible Touch

Posts: 862

Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

In my experience you should use the settings that work best for you. I don't think they are set in stone.

Mar 21 13 10:56 am Link

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Ruben Vasquez

Posts: 3117

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

The Invisible Touch wrote:
In my experience you should use the settings that work best for you. I don't think they are set in stone.

+1 Exactly

You seem to be very interested in how other people dodge and burn as you've asked this (or very similar), question several times before (both here and on facebook). Are you having a hard time getting the results you're after?

Mar 21 13 11:20 am Link

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Krunoslav Stifter

Posts: 3884

Santa Cruz, California, US

The Invisible Touch wrote:
In my experience you should use the settings that work best for you. I don't think they are set in stone.

This.

Mar 21 13 11:44 am Link

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Peano

Posts: 4106

Lynchburg, Virginia, US

Beware of very low brush opacity settings ...

https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thre … st17985963

Mar 21 13 12:12 pm Link

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Ken Fournelle

Posts: 99

Saint Paul, Minnesota, US

Peano +1

Mar 21 13 12:19 pm Link

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Laura EB

Posts: 65

Rochester, New York, US

I've always been using around 10%-15% opacity and flow.  It seems to work pretty well for me so far but I always here about people using like 100% to 1%, I donno am I'm doing something wrong?

Mar 21 13 05:47 pm Link

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Kristiana-Retouch

Posts: 289

Rīga, Rīga, Latvia

Peano wrote:
Beware of very low brush opacity settings ...

https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thre … st17985963

This is reason why I changed mine from opacity to flow.

Mar 22 13 04:32 am Link

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A-M-P

Posts: 18465

Orlando, Florida, US

Opacity 100%
Flow 1-3%



I used to use low opacity and wasn't getting the results I wanted it was very frustrating then I decided to  changed it to flow and it works much better for me.

Mar 22 13 05:17 am Link

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SHADOWILLUSIONIST

Posts: 54

Battaramulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka

when u dodge and burn do you use pen pressure

Mar 22 13 09:06 am Link

Retoucher

The Invisible Touch

Posts: 862

Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

SHADOWILLUSIONIST wrote:
when u dodge and burn do you use pen pressure

I guess you are asking that as a question.. the answer would remain the same

Everybody uses different settings and you should use whatever works best for you but I would say in my case... Yes!! :-)

Mar 22 13 10:48 am Link

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A-M-P

Posts: 18465

Orlando, Florida, US

SHADOWILLUSIONIST wrote:
when u dodge and burn do you use pen pressure

Yes

Mar 22 13 12:36 pm Link