Colin Red Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 hi there, are the dodge and burn tools in AP destructive ........ can the adjustments be safely rolled back using the history panel or should I be using adjustment layers when working on an image. The video tutorial that James Ritson created for AF does not show the layers panel so there is no way of telling if he is using layers in that video. Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j3rry Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I use a extra pixel layer filled with 50% grey for dodge&burn. Edit: Set the pixel layer to overlay or soft light. Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, iPad 8, MACOS Sonoma & iPadOS, Affinity V2-Universallizenz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 25 minutes ago, j3rry said: I use a extra pixel layer filled with 50% grey for dodge&burn. Yep but be sure to set the grey layer blend mode to Overlay j3rry 1 Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Actually you do not need to fill the added pixel layer with 50% grey. Just add the pixel layer, change the blend mode to Overlay. Now painting with a black brush burns, and then switch to white to dodge. Has the identical effect as filling it. Oh you will need to lower the opacity of the brush, down to around 10%. Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Red Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 not sure my question was answered "are the dodge and burn tools destructive" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Colin Red said: not sure my question was answered "are the dodge and burn tools destructive" ? Yes, you can roll back using History (which was also part of your question). But yes, they are destructive unless you work on an added layer as suggested above. (In that sense, all the (edit: raster-based) brush tools are destructive.) Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Red Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 You're welcome. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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