Photoshop Elements /

Burning & Dodging /

You can subtract from the burning or dodging that you've done by changing the color of the brush.

Click the curved double arrow to change the brush color to black.

You may want to reduce the size of the brush, and may want to reduce the opacity.

Burn the areas that were dodged too much.

Click the curved double arrow to change the brush color to white.

You may want to reduce the size of the brush, and may want to reduce the opacity.

Dodge the areas that were burned in too much.

If, later, you find that the brush isn't doing what you expect, check to see if the foreground color is the right color for what you're trying to do.

Painting with 50% gray will remove any burning and dodging that you've done.

To change the color of your brush to 50% gray, click the foreground color to open the Color Picker.

Enter 128 in the RGB boxes, or enter 808080 in the # box.

If you haven't already done so, go to Color Picking.

This method uses white and black brushes.

For more control, you can use gray brushes as well.

If your photograph has overexposed areas, they need to be painted.

You can't darken them by burning.

If you haven't already done so, go to Saving Files.