Note that unlike an analog dodge/burn, digital dodge/burn tool can be configured to affect shadows, midtones, or highlights. Check which mode is currently active in the toolbox options and experiment to find which one works better for what.
Also, since GIMP processes the image in RGB space, dodge/burn operations affect each channel independently and this will sometimes cause unwanted hue shifts when dealing with mixed RGB tones. E.g. doing a midtones or shadows burn on a pixel of RGB #ff8000 (orange) will cause it to fade to red and stop, not a darker orange followed by brown and black. If you want to preserve hue/saturation while using dodge/burn you may want to consider decomposing the image into a colorspace that separates greyscale from chroma (like YCC). -- Stratadrake [email protected] -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. ________________________________ From: gimp-user-list <[email protected]> on behalf of ghart89 <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 8:45 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [Gimp-user] Driving me crazy!!! I've been using the burn tool, it works to remove part of the shadow on their faces but they always end up looking deformed lol -- ghart89 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums<http://www.gimpusers.com/forums>) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list The gimp-user-list Archives - GNOME<https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list> mail.gnome.org GNOME.org. Home; Mailing Lists; List Archives; Search _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
