I try to redraw art on a picture using the pen tool on a separate layer (new layer). After draw with the pen tool I sometime want to make the line or part of the line lighter so it would blend in with the original line. I try using the dode tool but it seem to never work even if I set the exposure rate to a 100 it seem to never make a different. I try other tool such as the burn and blur tool to see if it work on the layer and it work fine so I was wondering why doesn't the dodge tool work. Can someone please help me out.
2007-12-30 20:41:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
Maybe you need to Rasterize the line you made. It's probably still a Vector... (though I can't see why Blur - and Burn in particular - would work if that were the case).
If the Burn tool works, the Dodge tool should. This might be a bug. Are you using an old version of Photoshop?
Or, it might be some layer effect causing unexpected results. Are you using Darken or Exclusion (etc)? Turn off layer effects and then try using Dodge.
Also try Rasterizing the layer. And also try Applying Vector Mask. This will convert the layer from Vector (a formula) to Raster (a picture).
PS: Previous answer (with the two thumbs up) is confusing blur with dodge. Dodge is the lighten tool. :)
2007-12-30 20:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by whimsy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that I can think of is that your line is greyscaled or in a different gamut than your background layer. Do a save as file and flatten it and try it that way. See if the dodge works then. Confirm the mode (rgb, cmyk, indexed color, etc.) then go back to the other file and see what the modes are on each of the layers.
As you know, there are dozens of ways to execute something on Photoshop to get the same result. Sometimes layers have limitations with tools (and it is usually because of something you didn't consider).
contact me on this matter if you like.
2007-12-30 20:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by Elliott J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the concept of dodge is mixing with surrounding color. As you only have a line and nothing else in that layer there isn't that much to work with.
Use the 'lighten' tool.
2007-12-30 20:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's not correct
2016-09-20 23:52:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's wrong
2016-07-30 11:03:42 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends
2016-08-26 15:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋