Photoshop Action for Non-Destructive Dodge & Burn
It's important when editing photographs to do it in a non-destructive way by the use of adjustment layers not on the original Base layer itself. This enables future editing to the adjustment layers which will not be possible if you edit the base layer itself.
This Photoshop Action enables you to lighten and darken in a non-destructive way. The Action puts 3 additional adjustment layers on your document two in a neutral grey and a saturation layer to enable dodge, burn and desaturate areas of your photograph.
Paint white to lighten black to darken, use a soft brush with the opacity at about 12%..
To install the action download it then navigate to the folder you downloaded the action file to and with photoshop open double click the action, this will install it in the actions folder and it will then be available on the actions tool palette in photoshop. It should also work in Photoshop Elements.
If that fails to work then follow the path below to locate the actions folder on your computer.
64 bit operating system:-
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Presets\Actions
32 bit operating system:-
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6\Presets\Actions
This Photoshop Action enables you to lighten and darken in a non-destructive way. The Action puts 3 additional adjustment layers on your document two in a neutral grey and a saturation layer to enable dodge, burn and desaturate areas of your photograph.
Paint white to lighten black to darken, use a soft brush with the opacity at about 12%..
To install the action download it then navigate to the folder you downloaded the action file to and with photoshop open double click the action, this will install it in the actions folder and it will then be available on the actions tool palette in photoshop. It should also work in Photoshop Elements.
If that fails to work then follow the path below to locate the actions folder on your computer.
64 bit operating system:-
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Presets\Actions
32 bit operating system:-
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6\Presets\Actions
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