You could do this several ways. What I usually do to spot adjust a single area is to make a selection around with the lasso tool. Then I turn on quickmask and gaussian blur the mask to give it a nice soft edge. Then I turn the mask back into a selection. Then I used the curves tool to locally adjust the area that I want. I have never used the dodge and burn layers for local stuff.
However, I suppose you could duplicate the layer, then use that same selection, invert it, then cut away the part of the image you don't want to be affected, then make a dodge/burn layer above this modified duplicate. --- DJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Gimp-user, > > I really like the Dodge and Burn tool. During my practice trials, I > have been doing the work right to the background. > > I know there is a layer mode for Dodge and Burn. But I don't want to apply > it to the entire layer, just touch-up's, here and there, so I'll be able > to click on the eye to see how it is improving the image. How do I > get the Dodge or Burn layer to only apply to very specific parts of > the image? > > Why is the quick-mask in the un-do's? It doesn't actually modify the > image. I turn the quick-mask on and off a lot, and it pops up a lot in > the undo's. > > Thank you. > > -- > __________________________ > DJ > > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
