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- <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-tool-dodge-burn"></a>3.10. Dodge or Burn</h3>
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- The Dodge or Burn tool uses the current brush to lighten or darken the
- colors in your image. The mode will determine which type of pixels are
- affected.
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- The Dodge or Burn Tool can be called in the following
- order, from the image-menu:
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ools</span>/
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">P</span>aint
- Tools</span>/<span class="guimenuitem">Dod<span class="accel">g</span>eBurn
- .</span>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
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- The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
- <span class="guiicon">
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/toolbox/dodge.png" /></span>
- </span>
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- <span class="term">Shortcut</span>
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- <dd>
- <p>
- The key combination <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span>-<span><b class="keycap">D</b></span> will change the active tool to
- Dodge or Burn tool.
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- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">
- <span>
- <b class="keycap">Ctrl</b>
- </span>
- </span>
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- <dd>
- <p>
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> toggles between dodge or burn types. The
- type will remain switched until <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> is
- released.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">
- <span>
- <b class="keycap">Shift</b>
- </span>
- </span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span> places the Dodge or Burn tool into
- straight line mode. Holding Shift while clicking
- <span class="mousebutton">Button1</span> will Dodge or Burn in a
- straight line. Consecutive clicks will continue Dodge or Burn
- in straight lines that originate from the end of the last line.
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
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- <th align="left">Note</th>
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- <p>
- See the <a href="ch03s03.html#gimp-tool-brush" title="3.1. Common Features">Brush Tools
- Overview</a> for a description of tool options that apply to
- many or all brush tools.
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- <dt>
- <span class="term">Overview</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The available tool options for the Dodge or Burn Tool can be
- accessed by double clicking the Dodge or Burn Tool icon.
- <span class="guiicon">
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/toolbox/dodge.png" /></span>
- </span>
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Opacity</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The Opacity slider sets the transparency level for the
- operation. A higher opacity setting results in a more opaque
- render and a lower setting results in a more transparent one.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Brush</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- Indicates the active brush. Clicking on the brush icon
- opens the brush selection dialog.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Hard Edge</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- If this option is toggled on, the tool behaves like
- the Pencil tool, in the sense that there is no
- anti-aliasing, and pixels are affected in an all-or-nothing
- way, even if it is being used with a soft brush.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Pressure Sensitivity</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The Pressure Sensitivity section sets whether hardness, rate, or
- size will be affected by pressure for input devices that support
- this option.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Fade Out</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- This option causes a transition to the background over a
- distance set by the <span class="guilabel">Length</span> field.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Type</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The dodge effect lightens colors.
- </p>
- <p>
- The burn effect darkens colors.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Mode</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- There are three modes:
- </p>
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- <ul type="disc">
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">Shadows</span> restricts the effect to
- transparent pixels.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">Midtones</span> restricts the effect
- to pixels of average tone.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">Highlights</span> restricts the effect
- to dark pixels.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
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- <p>
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Exposure</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- Exposure defines how much the tool effect will be strong, as a
- more or less exposed photograph. Default slider is 50 but can
- vary from 0 to 100.
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