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I was just wondering what/when/how one knows when it's better to use dodge/burn over just airbrushing for highlights/shadows. Are there certain situations when one would be better than the other, etc.

Thanks.

[Mindsiphon]

It's better to avoid dodge burn and paint in the values with the paintbrush or airbrush.

The dodge tool can be useful if used very carefully and minimally. I've found that just a dab adds a nice touch to metals.

[isthmus nekoi]

I agree that dodge/burn is effective minimally. Airbrush gives you greater control over the colour tempurature.

[-- Transcendent --]

I find dodge/burn repulsive when painting highlights or shdaows ... but it works well when painting specular blooms and such overexposed stuff.

[edraket]

Dodge/burn has some advantages though.Its definately easier when you already have a textured surface.

For quick textures I'd usually dodge and then burn with both on a pressure of 03 or something like that. I'd keep switching them for a while using one of those natural custom brushes. And I'd end up with a textured surface that was approximately the same value but did have small variations.

So it does work. Just don't expect to be able to just make a blob in one color and then dodge and burn in into something like a face. That will just look horrible.

[nova]

Ah yes, the shiny tools

I think d&b should never replace the airbrush/paintbrush. Rather, celebrate its mighty power for acquiring tasty colors [that would be hard to figure out otherwise] or in creating highlights.

Here, I painted something for you:



On the left, I highlighted 'normally', just by trusting my instincts and painting as I usually do, adding white or lighter shades of brown by choosing colors diagonaly up-left on the pallete. On the right, I used two kinds of dodge to make neat colors, starting on the same color. It looks like the brown is different material, no? More like, the one on the left is shiny, the right is metallic.

So, the moral of the story is that if you want something to look metallic rather than shiny, use a but of dodge [like how a chunk of mustard colored gold shines yellow]. If you want something to look shiny, like it's been rained on, add white. It's really your decision.

[P'tit Ben]

I definitely use those tool like Nova explained

I use personnally the D&B for metallic effect or to obtain Shadow/Highlight colors. Then I pick the D&B color and use it with a paintbrush. I sometimes add some touch of white for the finish.

So I definitely use both and can't imagine to use only one

[ March 19, 2002: Message edited by: lostpapers ]