Dodge Tool

If you have a certain area in your photo that you would like to lighten, you can use the dodge tool.

Look in your tool box. Click and hold to see tool options. Select the dodge tool (looks like a microphone).

At the top of your screen, you will have the same options as when using the burn tool. This is where you can select the size of your brush.

Decide if the area you are working on in your photo is a shadow, midtone, or highlight. Select the appropriate setting.

The last option in your menu bar is exposure. This is the pressure used on your brush (how light how fast). Suggestion is to start between 20-30%. You can always make it lighter by going over it again and again.

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Burn Tool

If you have a certain area within your photo that you need to be darker, you can use the burn tool.

Look in your tools, and find the curved hand. This is the burn tool.

At the top of your screen, you will see menu options. This is where you can select the size of the brush you need to work in that area.

Again, at the top of your screen look at your menu options. Decide if the area you are working on in your photo is a highlight, midtone, or shadow. Select the appropriate setting.

The last option on your menu bar is exposure. This decides the pressure (how dark how fast). Suggestion is to start in the 20-30% area. You can always continue to go over the area to make it darker.

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Clipping Mask with Text

If you would like to start getting creative with your text, here is an option to add a photo within your letters. This is called a clipping mask.

Start by typing your text. Select a font that is bold so that your photo will stand out.

Next, drag your photo into your project. Notice that the layers must go in a certain order. Your photo should be on top of your text.

Look in your layers palette. In the top corner you will see the arrow with three lines. It is a dropdown menu. Click on it.

Select, Create Clipping Mask.

From here, you can still make any adjustments needed to the photo. If it needs resized, edit, transform, scale. You can also use any of your image adjustments, or layer styles.