Dodging and burning

Dodging and burning are techniques used during the printing process to manipulate the <a href="/facts/Exposure_(photography)/Rzr0aGMd">exposure</a> of select areas on a <a href="/facts/Photographic_print/0GLDLXuX">photographic print</a>, deviating from the rest of the image's exposure. In a darkroom print from a film negative, dodging decreases the exposure for areas of the print that the photographer wishes to be lighter, while burning increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker.
Any material with varying degrees of <a href="/facts/Opacity_(optics)/l90q0sAV">opacity</a> may be used, as preferred, to cover or obscure the desired area for burning or dodging. One may use a transparency with text, designs, patterns, a stencil, or a completely opaque material shaped according to the desired area of burning/dodging.
Many modern digital <a href="/facts/Image_editing/l5LvzVBa">image editing</a> programs have "dodge" and "burn" tools that mimic the effect on digital images.

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Dodging and burning